Poetry Forms
What is an ode?
tribute to someone or something
What is a ballad?
rhyming poem or song
What is slant rhyme?
end words that almost rhyme
Hope: Which of the following best describes a central theme of the poem?
Overcoming obstacles requires great hope, strength, and resilience
Madness: If there were a "bad guy" in this poem, who would it be?
The majority
What is an elegy?
express grief or mourning for someone who has died
What is a narrative?
Tells a story
What is caesura?
dash
Hope: What does the storm most likely represent?
Hardship
Madness: The first line of the poem is an example of which literary device?
paradox
What is a limerick?
FUNNY 5-line poem, rhyme is a,a,b,b,a
What is a lyric?
What is assonance?
repeating vowel sounds in the same line
Success: Who counts success "sweetest"?
those who don't succeed
Madness: What might the Eye represent in the poem?
The invasiveness of the Majority
What is an epic?
What is a cinquain?
forms a diamond shape
What is concreteness?
when an abstract concept is compared to a concrete (physical) thing
Success: What can the dying soldier most clearly define?
Victory
My Life: What does befell mean?
happened
What is a pastoral?
Celebrates rural life
What is a sonnet?
What is enjambment?
When a thought continues on to the next line
Success: The poem can be summarized by which of the following sentences
Only those who have not achieved success understand its sweetness.
My Life: Which is an example of personification? A. "all we need of hell" B. "it yet remains to see." C. "if Immortality unveil" D. "As these that twice befell"
"if Immortality unveil"