'Slant rhyme' presentation slideshows

POETIC TERMS

POETIC TERMS. ALLUSION. A reference to a historical figure, place, or event . ALLUSION. The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle . ANALOGY. A broad comparison between two basically different things that have some points in common. ANALOGY.

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Poetry

Poetry. Sound Devices. Meter. poetry's rhythm, or its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Meter is measured in units of feet ; the five basic kinds of metric feet are indicated below. Accent marks indicate stressed ( / ) or unstressed ( u ) syllables. Type of Metric Feet.

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Poetry

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Poetry

Poetry. Sound Devices. Meter. poetry's rhythm, or its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Meter is measured in units of feet ; the five basic kinds of metric feet are indicated below. Accent marks indicate stressed ( / ) or unstressed ( u ) syllables. Type of Metric Feet.

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). Emily Dickinson: Biography. Born the second of three children in Amherst, Massachusetts Father was a lawyer and one of the wealthiest and most respected citizens in the town, as well as a conservative leader of the church

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Poetry

Poetry. Poetic Devices and Terminology. Speaker. The voice through which the poem is told, not necessarily the poet. Form and Structure. Lines-are what poems are written in and can vary in length. Stanzas-section of a poem which contains a group of lines, stanzas are separated by a space.

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What is poetry?

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The Soul Selects Her Own Society

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Literary Devices

Literary Devices. Not as scary as they seem. Devices of Figurative Language. Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Hyperbole, Synecdoche, Metonymy. Metaphor. Denotation: A direct comparison between two things, where one thing takes the place of another. Example:

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What mystery pervades a well!

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The Belle of Amherst

The Belle of Amherst. English 10. Emily Dickinson. American lyrical poet Obsessively private Only seven of her some 1800 poems published during her lifetime. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). Dickinson Cont. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts

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Lesson 14

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The Bustle in a House

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Poem 154 A Word Dropped Careless on a Page

Poem 154 A Word Dropped Careless on a Page. Anastasia, Megan, Hannah. Poem. A word dropped careless on a page May stimulate an eye When folded in perpetual seam The wrinkled maker lie Infection in the sentence breeds. We may inhale despair At distances of centuries From the malaria.

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American Masters

American Masters. Whitman and Dickinson Together their words mark the beginning of modern American poetry. Walt Whitman. Wrote in broad, flowing, conversational rhythms that came to characterize his innovative free-verse style. Drifted from career to career.

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Sounds in Poetry

Sounds in Poetry. Assonance. 1. Assonance: The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words. Example: "swift Camilla skims". Alliteration. 2. Alliteration: The repetition of identical consonant sounds that begin syllables in close patterns

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Sonnets

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Fleeting Moments

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New American Poetry

New American Poetry. Emily Dickinson . Walt Whitman. 1830-1886 Reclusive , minimal social contact Unconventional use of punctuation, meter, and slant rhyme Explored the different aspects of human consciousness. 1819-1892 Despite initial criticism, became widely admired.

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