poetic terms
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1. Alliteration:– Repetition of initial consonant
sounds– Example: Sister Suzy sat on
the seashore until suddenly she was swallowed by a shark.
2. Allusion:– A reference to a well-known
person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
3. Ballad:– A song-like poem that tells a
story4.Blank Verse:
– Poetry written in unrhymed, iambic pentameter.
5.Concrete Poem:– A poem with a shape that
suggests its subject– Example: George Herbert’s
Easter Wings and The Alter
6. Figurative Language:– Writing that is not meant to be
taken literally– Example: He made me so mad
I wanted to die.7. Free Verse:
– Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
8. Image:– A word or phrase that appeals to
one or more of the five senses
9. Lyric Poem:– Highly musical verse that expresses
the observations and feelings of a single speaker
10.Metaphor:– A figure of speech in which
something is described as though it were something else
– Example: He is such a pig when he eats!
11. Mood:– The feeling created in the reader by
a literary work
12. Onomatopoeia:– The use of words that imitate sounds– Example: The buzz of the bee was
very loud.
13.Personification:– A type of figurative language in
which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
– Example: The tree waved excitedly in the wind.
14. Repetition:– The use, more than once, of any
element of language
15. Rhyme:– Repetition of sounds at the end of
words– Example: Roses are red, violets are
blue…..
16. Rhyme Scheme:– A regular pattern of rhyming
words in a poem
17. Rhythm:– Pattern of beats or stresses
in spoken or written language18. Simile:
– A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas
19. Stanza:– A formal division of lines in a
poem considered as a unit
My love is like a red rose.
20. Motif – Main or reoccurring theme.
21. Extended Metaphor – a comparison developed over several lines of poetry.
22. Pun – Humor from a double meaning
23. Confessional poetry – confession of an activity or an emotion.
24. Elegy – Pays tribute to a person (usually dead)
25. Imagist poetry – uses lots of images to paint a
picture for the reader.
Humor
• Humor in poetry can arise from a number of sources:
–Surprise–Exaggeration–Bringing together of unrelated things
• Most funny poems have two things in common:
–Rhythm–Rhyme
Rhythm & Rhyme• Using more spirited language makes
humorous situations even more humorous
“The Porcupine”By Ogden Nash
Any hound a porcupine nudgesCan’t be blamed for harboring grudges.
I know one hound that laughed all winter
At a porcupine that sat on a splinter.
If you take away the rhythm and rhyme, the humor vanishes.
Any hound that touches a porcupineCan’t be blamed for holding a grudge
I know one hound that laughed all winter long
At a porcupine that sat on a piece of wood
Limericks
• A limerick is a poem of five lines• The first, second, and fifth lines
have three rhythmic beats and rhyme with one another.
• The third and fourth lines have two beats and rhyme with one another.
• They are always light-hearted, humorous poems.
Limericks
There once was a man with no hair.
He gave everyone quite a scare.He got some Rogaine,
Grew out a mane,And now he resembles a bear!
Limerick About a Bee
I wish that my room had a floor,
I don’t care so much for a door.
But this walking aroundWithout touching the groundIs getting to be quite a bore.
Another Limerick
There once was a very small mouseWho lived in a very small house,
The ocean’s sprayWashed it away,
All that was left was her blouse!
You will create a limerick similar to this one…
There once was a man from Beijing.All his life he hoped to be King.
So he put on a crown,Which quickly fell down.
That small silly man from Beijing.
Fill in the blanks and create your own Limerick.
There once was a _____ from _____.All the while she/he hoped ________.
So she/he ____________________,And ________________________,
That _________ from ___________.