Vocabulary
What is the word for "a section of a poem that consists of a line or group of lines"
stanza
This famous American poet was a teacher and a journalist. He inspired by the Civil War and was admired by President Lincoln. We read is poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" in class. This poet's name is...
Walt Whitman
"I chopped down the house that you had been saving to live in next summer.
I am sorry, but it was morning, and I had nothing to do and its wooden beams were so inviting"?
sarcastic
A comparison using "like" or "as"?
simile
What do we call "the shape, structure, or appearance of a piece of writing"
form
What is the word for "a place where the line ends"
line break
This famous American poet attended Dartmouth and Harvard. He was inspired to write poetry through his travels with his family. He was awarded 4 Pulitzer Prizes and the Congressional Gold Medal. We read his poem "Snow Dust" in class. This poet is...
Robert Frost
"When I head the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them"
What does this excerpt show in terms of structure?
anaphora
A comparison without using like or as
metaphor
what is "the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines"?
anaphora
What are the words used to describe "the pattern of repeated rhyming words in a poem"?
rhyme scheme
This famous American poet wrote nearly 1,800 poems throughout her lifetime. She spent a lot of time writing letters to her loved ones as well. This poet wrote poems about death, nature, the Bible, and the human mind and spirit. We read her poem "#359" in class. This poet is...
Emily Dickinson
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
ABAB
Describing non- human things as if they had human qualities
Personification
what is "writing that addresses a person or thing that is not present"?
apostrophe
What is the word used to describe "a four line stanza"?
quatrain
This American poet was the 9th of 10 children. She lived in Virginia as a child then moved to New Jersey where her family faced troubles with neighbors who were threatened by their new black neighbors. We read her poem "Strange Patterns" in class. This poet is...
Carrie Allen McCray
What structure did the poem "Strange Patterns" by Carrie Allen McCray use?
Parallel Structure
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
What is it called when a poem has a different approach to the same topic?
a variation
What is it called "when two words share only the same final consonant sound (example: crumb and home)"?
slant rhyme
Kenneth Koch
The poem "Isla" by Virgil Suarez used the metaphor of Godzilla to describe what?
His experiences growing up in America as a Cuban immigrant
an extreme exaggeration. Chances are when a person says he or she is so hungry he or she could eat a horse, the person is not really going to eat a horse.
Hyperbole
What is the word for "a poem with a strict structure that uses repetition and rhyme to emphasize its message. It follows an ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA rhyme scheme"
villanelle poem