Poetic Structure
What is Line Length?
The repeated use of certain words, phrases, sentences, or sounds
What is repetition?
The literal, dictionary definition of a word as it's used in a sentence.
What is denotation?
New York City is a zoo.
What is a basic/direct metaphor?
The representation of something else (heart = love).
What is symbol/symbolism?
Where the poet chooses to end a line of poetry.
What is line break?
Repeating the first consonant sound in nearby words (sally sells seashells by the seashore)
What is alliteration?
The feeling or idea that a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
Camilla drove me crazy yesterday.
What is an Implied metaphor?
To paint a visual picture and appeal to the five sense, a poet might use this in their writing.
What is Imagery?
The type of rhyme that occurs in the last syllable of a line of a poem.
What is end rhyme?
Repeating vowel sounds in nearby words (how neat and sweet it is repeat; what a feat!)
What is assonance?
Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.
What is domestic?
Shouting above the trees, the storm carried its rolling sound throughout the surrounding forest, causing the ground to tremble.
What is extended metaphor?
To create a musical effect, a poet might use this form of poetic sound.
What is repetition?
A type of rhyme that occurs between words inside a line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
Repeating the final consonant sound in nearby words (the end will send and amend the trend, but it will depend on how you comprehend)
What is consonance?
A logical conclusion reached by reasoning and evidence.
What is inference?
Fatima buzzed nonsense into the ears of the younger children to frighten them on Halloween.
What is an implied metaphor?
To create emphasis a poet might use this type of poetic structure:
Silence.
What is white space or indention?
A type of rhyme in which the two words end in a similar - but NOT identical - sound
What is Slant Rhyme?
Words, phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or meaning (ex. rolling across and coming down a hill)
What is parallelism?
The ability to run or move quickly.
What is fleetness?
As she grew older, Helga became a crab, tough on the outside but soft on the inside.
What is a direct/basic metaphor?
Sight, Sound, Smell, Touch, and ________.
What is taste?