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Figurative Language - Definitions
Figurative Language - Examples
Identify the Rhyme Scheme
What is the theme?
Miscellaneous
100

using "like" or "as" to compare two things 

SIMILE

100

"The Grass divides as with a Comb--"

SIMILE

100

"I ask them to take a poem

and hold it up to the light

like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive." 

NO RHYME SCHEME

100

Poem 1: The Road Not Taken

* life paths, not following the crowd, taking chances, etc. 

100

a group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph in poetry

STANZA

200
comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

METAPHOR

200
"I told them a thousand times if I told them once..."

HYPERBOLE

200

"Lady, lady never start

Conversation toward your heart;

Keep your pretty words serene;

Never murmur what you mean." 

AABB

200
Poem 6: Mother To Son

Life can be difficult.

200
words or phrases that appeal to the five senses

IMAGERY

300

an extreme exaggeration

HYPERBOLE

300

"From the heart of this dark, evacuated campus

I can hear the library humming in the night..."

PERSONIFICATION

300

"May the road be free for the journey,

May it lead you where it promised it would

May the stars that gave ancient bearings

Be seen, still be understood." 

ABCB

300

Poem 55: Dreams

Never give up on your dreams

300

True or False: ALL poems have a rhyme scheme.

False

400

using a word or phrase more than once to create emphasis

REPETITION

400

"The little stars were the herring fish

That lived in that beautiful sea---"

METAPHOR
400
"Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though Wise men at their end know right

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not so gentle into that good night." 

ABAABA

400

Poem 33: A Prayer for the Twenty-First Century

Hope for good things to happen in life 
400

a word, object, or action that represents something else

SYMBOL

500

group of words that have a meaning unrelated to the actual definitions of the words

IDIOM

500

"How he teeters, skitters, tingles, teases,

Taunts them..."

ALLITERATION

500

"O CAPTAIN! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;

The ship jas weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;

To port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:

But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies

Fallen cold and dead." 

AABCDEFE

500

Poem 42: Let It Be

Not to worry; things will work out; finding answers, etc. 

500

What is the difference between poetry and prose?

Poetry is written to create a certain emotional response through meaning, sound, and rhythm.

Prose is everything else!