Devices
Cute as a button
Simile
A poem is consistently grouping its lines into defined paragraphs has what type of structure?
Stanza
True or False? Song lyrics are a form of poetry?
True
Once upon a midnight dreary
As I wandered weak and weary
AA - Rhyming Couplet
Albino Alligators Always Eating
Alliteration
Counting THIS (name for breaking down words) actually build rhythm in poetry as well
Syllables
Haiku
Once upon a time
A young girl
Became a mime
A B A - Triplet
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle!
Onomatopoeia
A, B, A rhyme scheme is an example of what poetic line structure (I need the name)?
Triplet Stanza
This poem goes in both vertical and horizontal directions, and uses letters from one word to start each poem line
Acrostic Poem
There was an old man who
Lived his life in a shoe
One day he was caught
By a peculiar thought
He had nothing to do!
A A B B A - Limerick
You are brighter than the sun!
Hyperbole
The three types of stanzas we looked at in class are:
Couplet
Triplet
Quatrain
Five-line funny poem, usually about people in absurd situations
Limerick
Do you know the value of
The peaceful beauty of a dove
Who soars above the sky
Flying amongst the clouds up high
A A B B - Quatrain
The lake was a mirror, my reflection, a window.
Metaphor
These are important in poems because they indicate the stanza and rhyme scheme structure.
Lines / Line breaks
This poem is actually a picture!
Shape Poem
Nature is my safe
Place amongst the butterflies
Lying in the grass
A B C (No rhyme scheme) - Haiku