Poetic Devices
Sound Devices
Famous Poets
Music and Lyrics
Types of Poems
100
Two words with opposite meanings placed together for effect
Oxymoron
100
I think that I shall never see (a)
A poem lovely as a tree. (a)
A tree that may in summer wear (b)
A nest of robins in her hair. (b)
Rhyme Scheme
100
This Indian-born Canadian poet, writer, illustrator, and performer immigrated to Canada as a child and has since settled in Toronto. Their debut book, a collection of poetry and prose titled Milk and Honey, was published in 2014; it sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on The New York Times Best Seller list. Their second book, The Sun and Her Flowers, was published in 2017.
Rupi Kaur
100
I, I love you like a love song, baby - Selena Gomez
Simile
100
Tells a story, uses regular rhythm or rhyme; often includes dialogue
Ballad
200
The girl ran as fast as a cheetah
Simile
200
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
Rhythm
200
Born January 19, 1809 this poet was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. They are best known for their poetry and short stories, particularly tales of mystery and the macabre. This poet is known as being a literary pioneer, master of macabre, pioneer of science fiction, and the father of the detective story.
Edgar Allan Poe
200
I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and slow - NeYo
Alliteration
200
14 lines, iambic pentameter, specific rhyme scheme
Sonnet
300
I am hungry enough to eat a horse
Hyberbole
300
BANG!
Onomatopoeia
300
Born in 1874 in San Francisco, California, this poet is famously studied in schools and is well known for works such as "Nothing Gold Can Stay."
Robert Frost
300
"Gotta get that BOOM BOOM BOOM"- Black Eyed Peas
Onomatopoeia
300
No regular pattern of rhythm or rhyme
Free Verse
400
“Moses supposes his toes are roses.”
Assonance
400
How strange it is
To hover over words, like the smoke
From the loggers’ fires, over the valley.
Assonance
400
Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, this poet grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. They are an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. Some of this poet's famous work includes "Still I Rise," "Phenomenal Woman," and
"I know why the caged bird sings"
Maya Angelou
400
Losing him was blue like I'd never know.
Missing him was dark grey, all alone -Taylor SwiftMetaphor
400
A long piece of a poem which appears as a metaphor
Extended Metaphor
500
"Life is a highway"
Metaphor
500
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,”
Alliteration
500
This poet was one of the most dynamic and admired poets of the 20th century. She is regarded as a pioneer in the genre of Confessional poetry, a term used to define poems which focus on the individual; her experience, her psyche, her trauma and the like.
Sylvia Plath
500
And now that I'm without your kisses, I'll be needing stitches - Shawn Mendes
Hyperbole
500
3 Lines, 17 Syllables, Japanese origin
Haiku