Structure
What are three things that can repeat in poetry?
(What is repetition?)
words, lines, or stanzas
What is the following rhyming pattern/scheme called?
ABBA
enclosed rhyme
Moo, bark, meow, etc.
onomatopoeia
An exaggeration so big, it cant be taken literally
Hyperbole
Imagery is language that relates to
the five senses
What is a stanza?
a group of 2 or more lines in a poem
equivalent to a paragraph in an essay
What is the pattern for monorhyme?
AAAA
A simile compares two unrelated things using the words
"like" or "as"
Giving human qualities to something non-human
"The flowers waved hello through the breeze"
Personification
Identify the tone of the following line
"Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"
Negative- drying up doesn't tend to be a good think, most people find raisins unpleasant
What is it called when an author doesn't finish their sentence or thought in same line
Enjambment
in your own words, what is an alternating rhyme?
Rhyme that alternates or changes each line
"I cherish it, and despise my other syllables
clashing in English" is an example of
personification, words dont literally clash
What figurative language is found in this example: "Boom, boom, boom Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon"
onomatopoeia
What imagery is being created?
"Baby, you're a firework, Come on, let your colors burst"
postive imagery, describing how a firework looks, usually associated with celebration and postitivity
A line is the equivalent to a _________ in an essay
sentence
What is an open form poem
A poem that doesn't follow a traditional rhyming scheme/structure
"Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin Like a house of cards, one blow from cavin' in?"
Metaphor- person and paper thing being compared, delicate and vulnerable
what is being compared?
"Like a mirror, I gaze into my palm a wrinkled map I still can’t read"
The mirror and the palm- gaze
Palm and map- wrinkles
they forget that in order to love me
i had to break, smashed apart
neautral- reflective tone when put in context
negative- break and smash are generally negative words
a two line stanza is called a....
couplet
identify the rhyming scheme:
Shrink, think, look, book
AABB, coupled rhyme
Despite my tongues, no word defines me.
Paradox
What was the main metaphor made in "call me sea glass"? What was being compared
sea glass --> the authors present self