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Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms. 8 th Grade. Meter. Rhythmical pattern (Rhythm)- number of stresses or beats in a line. Refrain. Word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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Poetry Terms

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  1. Poetry Terms 8th Grade

  2. Meter • Rhythmical pattern (Rhythm)- number of stresses or beats in a line

  3. Refrain • Word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated The RavenbyEdgar Allan Poe And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted nevermore. • “Nevermore” and “Nothing more” are repeated throughout this poem

  4. Repetition • The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a piece of writing Bavarian gentians, big and dark, only dark darkening the day-time, torch-like with the smoking blossoms of Pluto's gloom, ribbed and torch-like, with their blaze of darkness spread blue down flattening into points, flattened under the sweep of white day torch-flower of the blue-smoking darkness, Pluto's dark-blue daze, black lamps from the halls of Dis, burning darkblue, giving off darkness, bluedarkness, as Demeter's pale lamps give off light, lead me then, lead the way.

  5. Rhyme • Repetition of sounds in words that appear close to one another After School Lie beneath a spreading treeWith golden flowers in the sun. Count to five on all the petals,Never think of five plus one.Watch the building-crammed horizon,Sky no longer meeting ground.Watch the golden flowers witherWatch the golden dreams fall down.

  6. Rhyme scheme • Regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem Celery By Ogden Nash   Celery, raw Develops the jaw, But celery, stewed, Is more quietly chewed.

  7. Slant Rhyme • Occurs when words include sounds that are similar but not identical • It usually involves the repetition of consonant sounds or the repetition of vowel sounds. “when he passes, winding Among them from behind”

  8. Stanza • Groups of lines that form units in a poem like paragraphs in a story

  9. “The Road Not Taken”by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fairAnd having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that, the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,

  10. Blank Verse • Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter lines Excerpt from MacbethbyWilliam Shakespeare Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

  11. Concrete verse • Has a shape that suggests its subject Spiritsfalling in puddles of grief,disappointment drowning hope,tissues soaked in sadness, umbrellasraised in futile defense, ears closed tothe rain song. Eyes swollen, moist and red,fingers gripping an offered hand, feet unableto move, flowers surround, unseen by one who isunaware of the rain song. Music, soft, sweet, and low,prayers mumbled respectfully, love shared with family andfriends. Memories linger, vibrant and warm as hearts beat intime with the rain song. Emptiness, loneliness yet to come, fearsfor tomorrow, tears for today, self-pity and doubt, anger and painhauntingandhowlingaboutinthewindunabletosong      hide            rain    from          the           

  12. Couplet • Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme “Casey at the Bat” The sneer has fled from Casey's lip, the teeth are clenched in hate;He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,And now the air is shattered by the force of Casey's blow.

  13. Epic poem • A long narrative poem that relates the deeds of a hero Beowulf The Iliad and The Odyssey

  14. Free verse • Poetry that has no regular meter Mirror, Mirror My game face is blue. I must put it back on, seeHow much of my glory was real And how much fever.I see drawn eyes, too much marring,A suit of swan feathersWithout the matching shape.And however I imagine lights,No straw spins to gold.I see as I have been seen,Not radiant, but ashine in hopeYet to see a finish.

  15. Sonnet • A 14-line poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter 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 fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

  16. Onomatopoeia • The use of words or phrases that sound like what they name. • SOUND WORDS MEOW BANG POW RIBBIT

  17. Figurative Language • Writing not meant to be taken literally • Language used for descriptive effect, often to imply ideas indirectly Hyperbole Metaphor Simile Personification

  18. Hyperbole • Exaggeration for effect The alarming mouse was as big as a house

  19. Metaphor • A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. (DOES NOT USE LIKE OR AS) You are the sunshine of my life He became a lightening rod for party criticism.

  20. Simile • A figure of speech that makes direct comparison between two unlike objects, using like, as, or than. Life is like an onion Good coffee is like friendship

  21. Personification • A type of figurative language in which non-human things are given human characteristics. Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room. "Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"said the sunflowers, shining with dew."Our traveling habits have tired us.Can you give us a room with a view?" They arranged themselves at the windowand counted the steps of the sun,and they both took root in the carpetwhere the topaz tortoises run.

  22. Alliteration • Repetition of initial consonant sounds. How thin and sharp and ghostly white Is the slim curved crook of the moon tonight

  23. Imagery • A word or phrase that appeals to the senses. I’d rather smell of musty green stench Than of sweet, fragrant lilac

  24. Poetry • Concise, rhythmic, and emotionally-charged language Ballad Haiku Limerick Lyric Narrative Ode

  25. Ballad • A story told in verse. • These are usually handed down by word of mouth. The MermaidbyUnknown author Oh the ocean waves may roll, And the stormy winds may blow, While we poor sailors go skipping aloft And the land lubbers lay down below, below, below And the land lubbers lay down below.

  26. Haiku • A 3-line Japanese verse • Lines 1 and 3 have 5 syllables • Line 2 has 7 syllables • They usually express a single vivid image about nature I walk across sand And find myself blistering In the hot, hot heat

  27. Limerick • A light, usually humorous poem with a regular rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme of AABBA There was a young fellow from Clyde Who once at a funeral was spied. When asked who was dead, He smilingly said, “I don’t know. I just came for the ride.”

  28. Lyric Poem • Highly-musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker. “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” “Mother to Son”

  29. Narrative Poem • Tells a story • A story told in verse “Casey at the Bat” “Paul Revere’s Ride”

  30. Ode • A lyric poem that expresses a noble feeling with dignity “Ode on a Grecian Urn” THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness,    Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time,  Sylvan historian, who canst thus express    A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:  What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape  Of deities or mortals, or of both,      In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?    What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?  What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?      What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?

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