Poetry Terms Mrs. Withers English 9
Poetry Videos Rudy Francisco – “Love Poem Medley” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1_2lFXJI4 Jonathan Reed – “The Lost Generation” (Palindrome) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z92HQkRmhlc Maya Angelou – “Still I Rise” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCHKWFmU2s
Figurative Language Figurative Language Language that can not be taken literally; words or phases that describe one thing in terms of another.
Figurative Language Simile Metaphor A comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as” Example: She is like a rose. Metaphor A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. She is a rose.
Figurative Language Personification Hyperbole Giving human qualities to something that is not human Example: They say the house died. Hyperbole An exaggeration done for effect Example: My teacher gave me a million pages to read for homework!
Types of poems Lyric Poetry Free Verse Poems that express an author’s thoughts and feelings; they do not tell a story. Example: “The Way It Is” Free Verse Poetry that does not have regular rhythm or rhyme scheme Example: “Medicine”
Types of Poems Ode A long, elaborate poem dealing with a serious subject and treating it reverently **written or dedicated to a specific subject** Example: “Ode to Autumn”
Types of Poems Sonnet A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter that has a rhyme Scheme Example: Sonnet 18
Types of poems Elegy Ballad Poem that laments the death of a person; sad and thoughtful Ballad A poem that tells a story; usually very long; imitating folk ballads Example: Ballad of Birmingham
Sound Devices Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhymes used in a poem; usually marked by letters to correspond to the rhyme. Little Bo Peep A Has lost her sheep A And she doesn’t know where to find them B
Sound Devices Rhythm Meter The ordered or free occurrences of sound in poetry. Meter A unit of rhythm in poetry; the pattern of the beats. Example: Iambic Pentameter
Sound Devices Alliteration Assonance Repetition of initial sounds of words in a row Example: Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Assonance A similarity of vowel sounds inside of words in a line of poetry Example: We went on a wild ride.
Sound Devices Consonance Onomatopoeia Repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of words close together Example: The locket was in the thick mud, and I had to pick it out. Onomatopoeia Words that sounds like sounds. Example: bang, honk, drip
Sound Devices Repetition Approximate/ Slant Rhyme The repeating of a word or a phrase of a poem to create a sense of rhythm Example: “His laugh, his smile, his eyes, his sparkle” Approximate/ Slant Rhyme Not a perfect rhyme. Example: “Near” and “Bear”
Sound Devices Couplet Two lines of poetry that have an end rhyme. Example: Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight. For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.
Other Speaker Stanza The narrator in a poem Divisions of a poem; paragraphs of a poem
Other Tone Imagery The speaker’s attitude towards a subject. Language that appeals to the senses; paints a picture in the reader’s mind Example: One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.