Poetic Devices I
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning; they sound like what they mean (clang, buzz, meow).
What is onomatopoeia?
"But oh heart! Heart! Heart!
"From what I've tasted of desire,
I hold with those who favour fire"
- Robert Frost
What is the unit called in poetry that makes up a stanze?
Hint: Think how many ______ are there in a stanza
What is line?
The name of the poet who wrote "NEW FRIENDS AND OLD FRIENDS"
Who is Joseph Parry?
The repetition of consonant sounds in several words, usually at the beginning of the words. (Example: “Harry hurried home”)
What is alliteration?
"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me"
-Emily Dickinson
What is personification?
"The ocean roared
As the waves broke onto shore"
What is zoomorphism?
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
What is stanza?
The name of the poet who wrote "Me and My Giant"
Who is Shel Silverstein?
Expresses a comparison by using a word such as like or as (Mrs. Hunt eats like a horse).
What is simile?
What is the main message or idea of a poem called?
What is theme?
What is it called when a figure of speech has two opposite things next to one another?
Ex. "Jumbo shrimp" or "loving hate"
What is oxymoron?
What is rhyme scheme?
The name of the poet who wrote "Safe Sounds
Who is Carol Ann Duffy?
"I had a billion things to do for homework"
What is hyperbole?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an allusion?
What are two similar lines of poetry that end on the same sound?
Ex. "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind;
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
- Shakespeare
What is a rhyming couplet?
What do we call a rhyme scheme where alternating lines rhyme with each other?
What is ABAB rhyme scheme?
The name of the poet who wrote "Sun is Laughing"
Who is Grace Nichols?
The use of language in poetry that appeals to one of our five senses (sight, touch, hearing, etc.)
What is sensory language or imagery?
What is the feeling a reader gets from a text when reading called?
What is mood?
The person speaking in a short story or novel is called a narrator. In a poem this 'person' is called..
What is speaker?
The point where one line ends in a poem and another line begins
"Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky"
What is line break?
The name of the poet who wrote "ONE SMALL BOY LONGS FOR SUMMER"
Who is Mafika Gwala?