Poetry
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Poetry
Characteristics of Poetry Poems are usually
divided into lines and then grouped into stanzas
Figurative language states ideas in new, creative ways
Sound devices enhance mood
Figurative Language Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Symbol
Metaphor Describes one thing
saying it is something else as in:
The house was a zoo this morning!
Personification Gives human
qualities to something that is not human, as in:
The cars growled in the traffic.
Simile To use the words
like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things, as in:
He stormed into the meeting like a tornado.
Symbol A symbol is
anything that represents something else, as in:
A dove is a common symbol for peace.
Sound Devices Alliteration is the
repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words, as in:
Copying homework begins the swift, slippery slope to academic dishonesty.
Repetition The use of any
element of language—a sound, a word, phrase, clause, or sentence—more than once, as in:
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.
Assonance The repetition of
vowel sounds followed by different consonants in stressed syllables, as in:
Try to light the fire.
Consonance The repetition of
similar consonant sounds at the ends of accented syllables, as in:
I will stand on the beach in the wind and the sand.
Onomatopoeia The use of words
that imitate sounds, as in:
There was a loud crash as the baseball shattered the window.
Rhyme The repetition of
sounds at the ends of words, as in:
Winning the crownwill eliminate your frown!
Meter The rhythmic pattern
in a poem, as in:
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Forms of Poetry Narrative Haiku Free Verse Lyric Ballad Concrete Limerick Rhyming couplets
Narrative Narrative poetry
tells a story. Narrative poems often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and character.
Haiku Haiku is three line
Japanese verse form. The first and third lines have five syllables, and the second line has seven syllables.
Usually nature-themed.
O, foolish ducklings,
you know my old green pond is
watched by a weasel!
Free Verse Free verse poetry
is defined by its lack of strict structure.
It has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern.
once a snowflake fellon my brow and i lovedit so much and i kissedit and it was happy and called
its cousinsand brothers and a webof snow engulfed me theni reached to love them alland i squeezed them and
they becamea spring rain and i stood
perfectlystill and was a flower
Lyrics and Ballads Lyric poetry
expresses thoughts and feelings
Ballads are songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with romance and adventure
Concrete Concrete poems are
shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines of the poem to create a picture on the page
Limericks Limericks are
humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme.
There once was a girl from Troy
She always tried to annoy
She looked like a moose
She laughed like a goose
She’s the kid we all should avoid!
Rhyming Couplets Pairs of rhyming
lines, usually of the same meter and length
I cannot go to school today
Said little Peggy Ann McKay
I have the measles and the mumps
A gash, a rash, and purple bumps!
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