References
the dictionary definition.
What is Denotation
The attitude the poem’s narrator takes towards a subject or character; serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in-cheek, solemn, objective, etc.
What is Attitude/Tone
ABAB and AABB are examples of this.
What is Rhyme Scheme
The physical structure of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system on rhymes and repetition.
What is form
The central meaning of dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
What is Theme
makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as ”like” or “as".
What is Simile
The author’s specific word choice.
What is Diction
A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.
What is Repetition.
What is Free Verse
First Person and third person are examples of this.
What is Point of View
makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as”.
What is Metaphor
Introduces a change in the speaker’s understanding of what he is narrating, signaling to the readers that he has reached an insight.
What is Shift
Rhyme formed with words with similar by not wholly identical sounds.
What is Slant Rhyme
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
What is a Symbol
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
What is Allusion
The use of the five senses (sight, sounds, smell, taste, touch) to create a picture in our minds.
What is Imagery
The rhyme scheme of "The Passionate Shepard to His Love"?
What is AABB?
What is Stanza
A poem we have studied in class where a theme was facing challenges and having an unconquerable spirit.
What is Invictus
An implied or suggested meaning of feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is Connotation
Words, expressions or literary devices with meanings not meant to be taken literally – saying something other than what is literally meant for effect.
What is Figurative Language
The rhyme scheme of "Raleigh was Right"?
Free Verse
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
What is Enjambment
A poem we have studied in class where a theme was treating women with respect.
What is The Nymph's Reply