It's the Structure
This type of poetry lacks a regular rhyme scheme or meter.
What is free verse?
"Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet" is an example of this poetic device.
What is alliteration?
"The sun kissed me while I took a picture" is an example of this poetic device.
What is personification?
The poet who wrote "The Darkness."
Who was Lord Byron?
The poet who wrote "Oranges."
Who is Gary Soto?
A stanza in poetry.
What is a group of lines grouped together, similar to a paragraph in prose?
This is the use of an informal or formal tone in poetry, like the following sentence: "I gotta get outta dodge!"
What is diction?
"I'm drowning in work" is an example of this poetic device.
What is a metaphor?
The type of animal that is described as loyal by the speaker.
What is a dog?
The age of the speaker in "Oranges."
What is twelve?
Meter in poetry.
What is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line?
"The black sack is in the back" is an example of this poetic device that uses repeated consonant sounds.
What is consonance?
"Her teeth shone like brilliant diamonds" is an example of this poetic device.
What is a simile?
The overall mood of the poem "The Darkness."
What is desolate/melancholy/hopeless?
The line "A few cars hissing past," is an example of this poetic device."
What is personification?
When a sentence or phrase runs over from one line of poetry to the next.
What is enjambment?
This poetic device adds sound effects and brings descriptions to life.
What is onomatopoeia?
This poetic device uses references to a well-known story or figure to create a deeper understanding.
What is an allusion?
These things are used to create fire in "The Darkness."
What are palaces, houses, and forests?
"Frost cracking beneath my steps," is an example of this type of imagery.
What is auditory imagery?
This is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables or pauses in poetry.
What is rhythm?
"His tender heir might bear his memory" is an example of this poetic device that uses repeated vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
"Check out my new phone! It’s sick!" is an example of the casual version of this poetic device that reveals the speaker's attitude towards the subject of the poem.
What is tone?
The name of the period in which Lord Byron wrote "The Darkness."
What is The Year Without a Summer?
"Someone might have thought I was making a fire in my hands," is an example of this poetic device.
What is metaphor?