Types of Poetry
This type of poem has 3 lines with the following structure: 5 Syllables, 7Syllables, 5 Syllables
Haiku
A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”
similie
What can you infer about the character if I say he had to duck his head everytime he walked into a room.
He is really tall
The overall emotion in the story
Mood
This type of poem is usually set to music
Ballad
A comparison between two things WITHOUT using “like” or “as.” Typically is a stronger comparison.
Meatphor
What can you infer about the environment in a tundra?
It would be cold and frozen
The time or place that the story takes place.
Setting
This type of poem is commonly used by Shakespeare and has 14 lines.
Sonnet
This type of figurative language has a repeating sound at the beginning of several words.
Alliteration
What would an author want you to infer about a character if the author wrote: The character's smile was wider than a barn door?
The character had a broad smile and is likely a cheerful person.
The the main idea or main message in a story/poem.
Theme
This type of poem has no set structure or rhyme scheme.
Free Verse
Identify the type of figurative language: "It was as hot as a furnace while we worked outside."
Simile
What can you infer about the poet's thoughts about America from this poem:
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
America is not as free as it claims to be.
The way the author writes the mood.
Tone
Identify the type of poem:
But I ain’t got a million,
Fact is, ain’t got a dime—
So just by if-ing
I have a good time!
ballad
Identify the type of figurative language: Peter plucked a piece of pasta from the plate at Princely Pizza Palace
Alliteration
What's happening in the following poem?
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
People need to hold on to their dreams to truly live.
Something that represents another thing/concept/or idea in a story.
Symbol