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Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms. A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons. I walk across sand And find myself blistering In the hot, hot heat As the wind does blow  Across the trees, I see the

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Poetry Terms

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  1. Poetry Terms

  2. A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons. • I walk across sand • And find myself blistering • In the hot, hot heat • As the wind does blow  Across the trees, I see the • Buds blooming in May    Haiku

  3. Shakespeare, composed of three quatrains and a terminal couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern ababcdcdefefgg. • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growest:  • So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this and this gives life to thee. Sonnets

  4. Comparison using “like” or “as” * “It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog” -- The Beatles * My love is like a red, red rose. • These oatmeal cookies taste like cardboard. • He was as mad as a hornet who’s nest has been destroyed. Simile – figurative lang

  5. My cat is a rabid wolverine when he is hungry. • The car is a supersonic jet when it hits the highway. • The classroom was a zoo after 5th block had class. • Comparison NOT using like or as. • The writer states that something IS something else. Metaphor – figurative lang

  6. Two or more rhyming words occur within the same line. • It could the end word and word in the middle; the words could be right next to each other; or spread out in the line. • Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary - Edgar Allen Poe (The Raven). • I went to town to buy a gown. • I took the car and it wasn’t far. Internal Rhyme – sound device

  7. Words that sound the same. • Can be found at the end of lines, inside the line, or on other lines in the poem. • Poets use rhyme for specific reasons – call your attention to a specific part of the poem or to emphasize a point. Rhyme – sound device

  8. Alliteration: words with the same sounding beginning. • Sally sells seashells by the sea shore. • Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before Types of Rhyme – sound device

  9. Repetition of a vowel sound in words near each other in a line of poetry. • What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! - Edgar Allen Poe • From the molten-goldennotes – Edgar Allen Poe Assonance – sound device

  10. Repetition of the final consonant sounds in a word. • East/West • First/Last • Stroke/luck Consonance – sound device

  11. Words that sound like their meaning. • Ruff, meow, tinkle, splash, buzz, pow, boom, gurgle Onomatopoeia – sound device

  12. Jarring, harsh sounds – like that of traffic at rush hour with engines revving and horns honking • Example: • 'Twasbrillig, and the slithytovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the momerathsoutgrabe. • - Lewis Carroll cacophony – sound device

  13. Pleasing sounds in speech; easy to listen to. • Alliteration and rhyme are examples. Euphony – sound device

  14. A grammatical pause or break in a line of poetry (like a question mark), usually near the middle of the line. A caesura is usually dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm rather than by metrics. • An Essay on ManbyAlexander Pope • Know then thyself II, presume not God to scan;The proper study of MankindII is Man.Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great: Caesura – sound device

  15. Repeating a word, sound, phrase for a specific effect. • To call attention to a specific section of a poem or idea. Repetition

  16. Poems can take various visual forms. • Blank verse:any verse comprised of unrhymed lines all in the same meter, usually iambic pentameter. It was developed in Italy. • Free verse: Verse composed of variable, usually unrhymed lines having no fixed metrical pattern. Poetry - form

  17. Couplet: two lines together (couple) that usually rhyme and share the same idea. • Examples: • "Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope, • Being had, to triumph; being lacked, to hope." Couplet

  18. Iambic pentameter • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aAWuUX5jU&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active Iambic pentameter

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