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POETIC DEVICES. Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words ("nodded nearly napping) Allusion: a reference to a well known.

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1 POETIC DEVICES

2 Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words ("nodded nearly napping) Allusion: a reference to a well known person, place, event, or literary work Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds (buzz) Personification: a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

3 Simile: making a direct comparison using like or as Metaphor: a comparison not using like or as Symbolism: the use of symbols to represent greater ideas Irony: a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

4 Imagery: descriptive language used to create word pictures for the reader Rhyme/ rhyme scheme: the repetition of sounds at the ends of words Foreshadowing: using clues to suggest upcoming events Apostrophe: when a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified object

5 Hyperbole: an exaggeration Mood: the feeling created in the reader by the literary work Tone: the author's attitude toward his/her subject Oxymoron: combining two opposing or contradictory ideas (jumbo shrimp, thunderous silence) Parallelism: the elitist ion of a grammatical structure

6 TYPES OF POETRY

7 NARRATIVE POEM Tells a story in verse Ballad: song like poem that tells a story Epic: a long poem that tells the deeds of gods or heroes Metrical romance: poem that tells a tale of love or chivalry

8 LYRIC POEM A melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker (most common in American Poetry) Types: Elegy, Ode, Sonnet

9 ELEGY Poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person

10 ODE A long, formal poem with a serious theme Often honor people, commemorate events, respond to natural scenes, or consider serious problems

11 SONNET 14 line lyric poem focused on a single theme, usually written in iambic pentameter 10 syllables per line, alternating stresses Petrarchan sonnet: divided into an 8 line octave and a 6 line sestet

12 SHAKESPEARIAN SONNETS

13 SONNETS Made up of four quatrains and one couplet Quatrain= 4 lines; Couplet= 2 lines Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

14 SONNETS: QUATRAIN My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun (A) Coral is far more red than her lips' red (B) If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun (A) If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head (B)

15 SONNETS: COUPLET And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare (G) As any shy belied with false compare. (G)

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