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POETIC TERMS
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–Similar to a narrator of a story. The “voice” that “talks” to the reader
–NOT the same as the poet/author!
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•LINE: a word or row of words that
may or may not form a complete
sentence
•STANZA: a group of lines forming
a unit (similar to a paragraph)
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You remember, we were sittin' there, by the waterYou put your arm around me for the first timeYou made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughterYou are the best thing that's ever been mine
THIS is a _______
Do you remember all the city lights
on the water?
You saw me start to believe for the
first time
You made a rebel of a careless
man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever
been mine
THIS is a
_______
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the pattern of the end rhymes. Usually designated
by assigning a different letter of the alphabet to
each new rhyme
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Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
• Nature's first green is gold, AHer hardest hue to hold. AHer early leaf's a flower; BBut only so an hour. BThen leaf subsides to leaf. CSo Eden sank to grief, CSo dawn goes down to day. DNothing gold can stay. D
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A reference to a historical figure, literary
character, place, or event.
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The teams competed in a
David and Goliath struggle.
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A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the
words “like” or “as”.
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My love is like a red, red
rose.
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A direct comparison between two different things without
using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
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His eyes were
daggers that cut right
through me.
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A great exaggeration to emphasize strong
feeling.
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I will love you until all the
seas go dry.
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Human characteristics are given to non-human
animals, objects, or ideas.
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My stereo walked
out of my car.
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Hints given to the reader of what is to
come.
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“The stalwart hero was
doomed to suffer the destined end
of his days.”
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The use of concrete details that appeal to
the five senses.
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Cold, wet leaves floating
on moss-colored water.
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-A contrast between what is said and what is meant
-When things turn out different than what is expected
-When the reader knows something the character doesn’t
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-”Walk much?” when someone trips
-An ambulance runs over a man
-We know there is a killer in the closet but the character doesn’t
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The overall atmosphere or prevailing emotional
feeling of a work.
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“It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times.”
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The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
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“He clasps the crag with crooked hands
Close to the sun in lonely lands”
from “The Eagle”
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The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary
work.
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“I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he;
I galloped, Derrick galloped, we galloped all three”
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The repetition of consonant sounds at
the beginnings of words.
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“Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship”
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The use of words whose sounds suggest the sounds
made by objects or activities.
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“Blind eyes could blaze like meteors”
Other examples:
buzz, hum, kiss
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Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or
scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an
idea.
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“Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, Rage against the dying of the light”
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
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The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
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“Don’t judge a man until
you’ve walked a mile in his
shoes”