Poetry Terms Poetry Terms Poetry Terms Scaffolding, Annabel Lee, The Highwayman Two Haiku, Fireflies, Fireflies in the Garden, Jabberwocky Sarah Cynthia, Two Limericks, Delight Song Final Light Brigade, Pleasant place To be, Four Skinny Trees
What is the comparison between 2 things using like or as?
Simile 1
What is the comparison between 2 things not using like or as? 2
Metaphor 2
What is the feeling the reader gets when reading 3
Mood
What is a person, place, an object, or activity that stands for something else 4
Symbol 4
What is a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature 5
Allusion
What is the repetition of sounds at the end of words? 1
Rhyme 1
What shows the author’s attitude toward his or her subject? 2
Tone 2
What are words and phrases that help imagine how things look, feel, smell, taste, and sound?
Imagery 3
What is the repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words? 4
Alliteration 4
What are words that are used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true? 5
Figurative Language 5
What is a type of poem that deals with serious themes? 1
Ode 1
What is Poetry that is written without regular patterns of rhyme or rhythm? 2
Free verse 2
What is a Japanese poem in which 17 syllables are written in three lines (5, 7, 5)? 3
Haiku 3
What is a short, funny poem composed of 5 lines? 4
Limerick 4
What is a pattern of end rhymes in a poem? 5
Rhyme Scheme 5
In Scaffolding, why does the speaker say that the scaffolds can fall? 1
Because we have built our wall so all the work is done 1
How does the speaker feel about Annabel Lee? Include a line from the poem 2
The speaker loves Annabel “But we loved with a love that was more than love”
What is the central (main) conflict in the Highwayman?
Character vs self Bess must decide what to do to save the man that she loves 3
Where does Bess wait for the Highwayman? 4
She waits for him at her father’s inn 4
Why did Annabel Lee die? 5
The Angels in heaven, who were not as happy there, were jealous of Annabel’s love with the narrator 5
In Two Haiku, what does the sun rising reveal? 1
The sun reveals a mountain path (snow is melting) 1
In Fireflies, what is the “ink” the fireflies use? 2
Light is the ink the fireflies use 2
How does the Jabberwocky die? How does the Jabberwocky die? 3
He dies by a sword (through and through) 3
What types of figurative language are in Jabberwocky? 4
Rhyme, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, etc. 4
In what ways are the fireflies unlike the stars they try to emulate (copy)? 5
Fireflies are unlike stars in their size and fireflies cannot keep up the light like stars 5
In Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Wouldn’t take the Garbage out, what happens when Sarah finally agrees to take the garbage out? 1
The garbage was way too high to do anything about it. It went from New York to the Golden Gate 1
In Two Limericks, why does the old man run around in his grandmother’s gown? 2
The old man wanted to show that the weather was cold 2
In the Delight Song, Tsao-Talee compares himself to several animals. Name at least 3 3
He compares himself to a horse, fish, eagle, deer, geese, and a wolf 3
In Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Wouldn’t take the Garbage out, what happens to her neighbors and friends? 4
Her neighbors moved away and her friends would not come over to play 4
In the Delight song, the author uses what type of figurative language throughout the poem? 5
Metaphors 5
InThe Charge of the Light Brigade, what is the outcome (ending) of the Light Brigade’s charge? 1
Most of the 600 soldiers died in battle 1
In Four Skinny Trees, when does the narrator look at the trees? 2
The narrator looks at the trees when he is too sad, too skinny, and a tiny thing against so many bricks 2
What type of figurative language does the author of Four Skinny Trees use? 3
Personification 3
In the World is not a Pleasant Place to be, what is the tone? 4
Depressing, sad, heartbreaking 4
In The world is not a pleasant place to be, how does repetition affect this poem? 5
Repetition is used to emphasize the idea that the world is not a pleasant place to be 5