Sonnets
A sonnet has ___ lines.
What is 14?
A villanelle has ___ lines.
What is 19?
Poems are not written in paragraphs and sentences, they are written in _____________ and __________.
What are stanzas and lines?
Define this figurative language: "The wind whispered secrets"
What is personification?
A ________ theme is directly expressed to the reader. An ________ or suggested theme must be inferred through poetic form, imagery, figurative language, tone, and symbolism.
What are stated and implied?
Structurally, a sonnet can either be made up of 3 ________ and 1 ________ OR 1 _________ and 1 __________.
What is 3 quatrains and 1 couplet OR 1 octave and 1 sestet?
Structurally, a villanelle is made up of 3 _________ and 1 ____________.
What is 3 tercets and 1 quatrain?
A _______ _______ is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem.
What is a rhyme scheme?
Define this figurative language: "Time is a thief."
Explain how it changes the reader's perspective.
What is a metaphor? How is "forces the reader to view time as an enemy who takes life away from us without permission."
A ________ is the subject matter of a text and is usually summed up in 1 or 2 words. A _________ _________is the deeper message, lesson, or insight the poet or author conveys that goes beyond the story and applies to life in general.
What are topic and universal theme?
An example of a sonnet rhyme scheme is _______ ___________ ___________ ________ _____.
What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG or ABBAABBA CDCDEE?
An example of a villanelle rhyme scheme is ________ ________ ________ __________.
What is ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA?
Poetry often includes __________ __________ to make it more descriptive.
Figurative Language (hyperbole, simile, metaphor, imagery, alliteration, allusion, onomatopoeia, idiom, personification)
Identify the Figurative Language: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."
Create a simile about school that has a similar tone to the above example.
What is a simile? What is "learning is like a sunrise" or "school is as vast as a garden"?
Match the theme to a real world lesson:
Theme: "Honesty builds trust."
What is the real world lesson of how telling the truth strengthens relationships with family, friends, and teachers?
In terms of poetic mood, an octave (8 lines) presents a ________, followed by a sestet (6 lines) that offers a ________.
What are a problem and a solution?
Refrains, or ________ lines, act as anchors, highlighting key themes and emotions, deepening their significance with each return.
What is repeating?
The pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry is called a _____
What is meter?
Create a hyperbole about sports. Explain how your hyperbole emphasizes a specific emotion.
What is "he's running faster than the wind" to describe the joy and surreal belief of somebody's speed in track?
The implied theme of the following poem:
A single lantern sways in the storm,
its flame bending, never breaking.
Shadows stretch across the empty street,
yet the light keeps whispering forward.
What is a theme of "hope helps us endure difficulties"? The lantern is a metaphor for resilience and the storm symbolizes hardship.
The purpose of the _______ at the ___ of the sonnet is to summarizing the poem's main idea, offering a surprising twist or resolution, or emphasizing the theme.
What is the couplet at the end of the sonnet?
The purpose of repetition in the villanelle is to create ________, emphasize obsession or longing, and build thematic depth.
What is musicality?
Poetic forms can greatly influence the poem's ________ and _______
What are meaning and tone?
Explain how figurative language supports the development of theme in a poem.
Figurative language deepens meaning, evokes emotion, and makes abstract themes tangible. It ensures that readers understand and relate to the theme.
In a poem about a candle burning in the dark, the theme may be "hope shines even in difficult times." How would this theme support the poet's purpose for writing?
The theme makes the author’s purpose clearer. In this case, the poet would be trying to inspire readers to remain resilient because the theme of hope directly supports the author’s purpose of encouragement.