Poetry Stuff #1
”Time is a thief”
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using “like” or “as”.
What is a simile?
Art made out of words
What is poetry / a poem
Boom! Wham! POW!
What is onomatopoei?
The “beat” or flow of a poem
What is rhythm?
A poem where the words are arranged to create a picture the represents its topic
What is a concrete or shape poem?
The message or idea of a poem.
What is theme?
When you give human characteristics to something that is NOT human
What is personification?
A short Japanese poem that has 3 lines and an 5-7-5 syllable pattern
What is a haiku?
Words, phrases or sounds that are used more than one time
What is repetition?
This is the feeling or emotion in a poem
What is mood?
Words that end with the same sound (usually at the end of a lone in a poem)
What is rhyme?
“Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers”
What is alliteration?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
A type of poem that does not follow strict rules, rhyme schemes or rhythmic patterns
What is a free verse poem?
A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a special word when read vertically
What is acrostic?
A single row of words in a poem, similar to a sentence, but often shorter
“I had a billion things to do before homework”
What is a hyperbole
What is imagery?
What is perspective?
What is this? What is this? What is this?
What is repetition?
What is an exquisite corpse poem?
“Fluffy white snowflakes
Dancing down from gray-blue skies
Cold upon my nose”
What is a haiku?
In this type of poem, lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme, while lines 3 and 4 share a different rhyme
What is a limerick?
For this poem, the poet circles words in a text and crosses out the ones they do not want.
What is a blackout poem?