Parts of a Poem
Group of lines separated by a line space for four possible reasons:
1.Different Ideas
2.Rhyme
3.Rhythm
4.Emphasis
Stanza
"I will love you until the end of time."
Hyperbole
The repetition of the same consonant or vowel sound at the start of words.
Alliteration
The writer’s attitude towards the subject and audience.
Tone
What is Mrs. Day's favorite color?
PINK! (duh...)
The character who narrates the poem (speaker) but is NOT the author.
Persona
act naturally
Oxymoron
An alphabetical labelling system used to describe the rhyming pattern in a poem.
Rhyme Scheme
An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event from history, literature, mythology, or the Bible.
Allusion
What year did Mrs. Day graduate high school?
2021
A system for determining the rhythmic pattern of a poem according to its stressed and unstressed syllables.
Meter
"All the world's a stage."
Metaphor
The repetition of similar vowel sounds anywhere within thewords in a line of poetry.
Assonance
The placing of two or more words/ideas side-by-side which are unrelated.
Juxtaposition
What is Mrs. Day's favorite city?
NYC!!!
The SPECIFIC words the poet selects to express his/her meaning within a poem.
Poetic Diction
"Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard."
Onomatopoeia.
The repetition of similar consonant sounds anywhere withinthe words in a line of poetry.
Consonance
Uncertainty produced by words or phrases that have two or more possible meanings.
Ambiguity
Who is Mrs. Day's favorite singer OR band?
Olivia Dean OR The Beatles
Five feet (each iambic foot contains two syllables; 10 syllables) of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Commonly practiced by SHAKESPEARE
Iambic Pentameter
"Death, be not proud."
Personification
The use of harsh, discordant sounds for poetic effect. Usually applied to the entire poem or key parts of it.
Cacophony
Any work which ridicules people, ideas, or institutions to make a point for reform.
Ex) Skits from Saturday Night Live
Satire
Where did Mr. and Mrs. Day meet?
ALPAC as summer students
The syntax or cadence of a line of poetry that carries the reader into the next line.
Enjambment
All hands on deck
Synecdoche
The use of soft, pleasant sounds for poetic effect. Usually applied to the entire poem or key parts of it.
Euphony
A direct address to a person, place, thing, or idea in a line of poetry
(deceased as though alive, absent as though present, or inanimate object as though animate)
Apostrophe
What is Mrs. Day's favorite book?
Pride and Prejudice