Poetry Terms

1. Poetry Terms

2. 1. Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food. • Alliteration

3. 2. The goalkeeper was as solid as a rock. • Simile

4. 2. My mom is the rock of the family. • Metaphor

5. 3. free and easy • Assonance

6. 4. Art is a jealous mistress. • Personification

7. 5. Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. • Assonance

8. 6. make the grade • Assonance

9. 7. Time is a thief. • Metaphor

10. 8. Mike’s microphone made much music • Alliteration

11. 9. I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless. • Consonance ` Thin Lizzy, “With Love”

12. 9. I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless. • Consonance ` Thin Lizzy, “With Love”

13. 10. Your brother is a pig. • Metaphor

14. 11. You’re acting like a pig. • Simile

15. 12. The trees bowed to the ground. • Assonance, Personification

16. 13. And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side. • Assonance

17. 14. He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. • Consonance, alliteration - Robert Frost

18. 15. Life is a journey • Metaphor

19. 16. Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectileWhether Jew or Gentile, I rank top percentile,Many styles, More powerful than gamma raysMy grammar pays, like Carlos Santana plays • Rhyme, Consonance, Assonance - Lauryn Hill, The Fugees, “Zealots”

20. 16. Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectileWhether Jew or Gentile, I rank top percentile,Many styles, More powerful than gamma raysMy grammar pays, like Carlos Santana plays • Rhyme, Consonance, Assonance - Lauryn Hill, The Fugees, “Zealots”

21. 17. "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?" • Personification, rhyme, imagery

22. 18. my darling, my darling, my life and my bride • Assonance

23. 19.Fear knocked on the door • Personification

24. 20. Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in sand • Alliteration

25. 21. I saw a catHe wore a big hat! • Imagery and rhyme

26. 22. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils; • Imagery, rhyme

27. 22. The package took forever to get here! • Hyperbole

28. Slow things are beautiful:The closing of the day,The pause of the waveThat curves downward to spray. • Find the examples of assonance. Elizabeth Coatsworth, "Swift Things are Beautiful"

29. Slow things are beautiful:The closing of the day,The pause of the waveThat curves downward to spray. • Find the examples of assonance. Elizabeth Coatsworth, "Swift Things are Beautiful"

30. There once was a big brown catThat liked to eat a lot of miceHe got all round and fatBecause they tasted so nice. Rhyme – Note that it’s not in couplet form; it still rhymes, but in every other line. So how would you underline the rhyme in this poem?

31. Night came on, and a full moon rose high over the trees into the sky, lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day. Find examples of assonance • Jack London, The Call of the Wild

32. Night came on, and a full moon rose high over the trees into the sky, lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day. Find examples of assonance • Jack London, The Call of the Wild

33. Night came on, and a full moon rose high over the trees into the sky, lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day. Find examples of alliteration • Jack London, The Call of the Wild

34. Night came on, and a full moon rose high over the trees into the sky, lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day. Find examples of alliteration • Jack London, The Call of the Wild

35. Life is a precious possession, Death is a loss… Metaphor, alliteration, and possibly consonance

36. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances. Shakespeare, As You Like It Metaphor

37. The End. I hope you’re ready for your test!