Poetic Techniques
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as Ex. Paul Bunyan is a mountain of a man
What is rhyme?
When two or more have the same sound.
What is white space?
Using the page, spaces between words, indention ,etc. To create effect in a poem
What is haiku?
A type of Japanese poetry that is about nature. First line is 5 syllables, second line is 7 syllables, the last line is 5 syllables
Free verse
What is repetition?
The repeating of a word or phrase in a line or poem
What is internal rhyme?
rhyme that occurs in a single line
What is end rhyme?
Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.
What is a sonnet?
A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. abab/cdcd/efef/gg
What type of poem is this?
Wren chirps a chorus.
Frogs croak their steady bass line:
nature's symphony
Haiku
What is an alliteration?
the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words Ex: in the summer the sun is strong
What is a rhyme scheme?
A pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem.
What is double rhyme?
2 syllable rhyme
What is a limerick?
5 line poem, the first, second and fifth lines have three stressed syllables, and the third and fourth lines have two. Aabba
Read me the poem that's title " the poem that's titled the poem that's titled the door"
We sit on the chair by the cat on the chair by the cat on the chair by the cat on the floor
And just like your dad and his father before and his father before and his father before
You'll read to me some and then
Read to me,
Read to me,
Read to me,
Read to me,
Read to me more
White space and repetition
What is an onomatopoeia?
The use of words that sound like the objects or actions they describe.
What is a simile?
A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” Ex: Paul Bunyan is as big as a mountain
What is personification?
Gives human qualities to non-human ideas or objects
What is a lyric?
A short poem about personal feelings
What technique is used?
Sunset on the lake-
like a brilliant yellow road
to a sinking ball
Simile
What is a consonance?
The repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry ( but not at the beginning of words) .
What is an assonance?
The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry
What is a hyperbole?
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect Ex. This book weighs a ton
What is an elegy?
States the sadness over the death of an important person
Identify the technique in this poem.....
Our life is like a thorny rose
Not perfect, but always beautiful
The thorns represent the hardships in our lives
The delicate red petals represent the fun and beautiful things in our lives...
It uses metaphors.