Poetry Terms to Know

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Playing with the sounds of word….

Rhythm, Repetition, Alliteration, Assonance,

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates the sound it represents

Examples: Zip

Bang

Boom

Chirp

Rhythm

• The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

• Example: See the website for more explaination and multiple examples

• www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/meter.html

Rhyme

External Rhyme- Word endings that sound alike at the end of lines

Example: I love School It is cool

Internal Rhyme- word endings that sound alike within a line Example: I went on a trip in a ship far far away

Assonance Alliteration • Repeated vowel

sounds

• Example- “How now, brown cow”

• Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• Example – Dandy Dancing Dog

Playing with the Playing with the meaning of words…meaning of words…

Simile, Metaphor, Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Personification, Hyperbole,

SymbolSymbol

MetaphorsMetaphors and and Similes Similes

Metaphor -A comparison Metaphor -A comparison between 2 unlike things that between 2 unlike things that does not use like or asdoes not use like or as

Simile- A comparison between 2 Simile- A comparison between 2 unlike things that uses like or unlike things that uses like or as as

““You're a midsummer's dream under a You're a midsummer's dream under a star-soaked sky.star-soaked sky.

That peaceful easy feelin' at the end of a That peaceful easy feelin' at the end of a long, long road.long, long road.

You're like coming home; You're like coming home; You're like coming home, all right.”You're like coming home, all right.”

by Lonestarby Lonestar

Personification Personification

Giving non-human things human Giving non-human things human characteristics characteristics

Examples: Examples:

The sun danced across the sky on the The sun danced across the sky on the hot summer day. hot summer day.

The leaves raced to the ground The leaves raced to the ground

HyperboleHyperbole

Exaggeration used for effect Exaggeration used for effect

Examples:Examples:

He has a brain the size of a pea He has a brain the size of a pea

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SymbolSymbol

A person, place or object that stands A person, place or object that stands for something beyond its literal for something beyond its literal meaning.meaning.

Examples Examples = Being Married = Being Married

= America = America

Playing with the images of Playing with the images of words words

Imagery- the use of vivid Imagery- the use of vivid language to generate ideas language to generate ideas and/or emotion with the five and/or emotion with the five

senses. senses.

Poetic Form Poetic Form

Couplet, Meter, Rhyme Couplet, Meter, Rhyme Scheme and Stanza Scheme and Stanza

CoupletCouplet

A Rhymed pair of lines in a poem A Rhymed pair of lines in a poem

Example:Example:

““Listen, my children and you shall hear Listen, my children and you shall hear

of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,…”of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,…”from “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

MeterMeter

The regular pattern of accented and The regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables. Although all unaccented syllables. Although all poems have rhythm not all poems poems have rhythm not all poems have a regular meter. have a regular meter.

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Rhythm and Meter in English PoetryRhythm and Meter in English Poetry

Rhyme SchemeRhyme Scheme The pattern of end rhyme in a poem. The pattern The pattern of end rhyme in a poem. The pattern

is charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet, is charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet, beginning with the letter a, to each line. Lines beginning with the letter a, to each line. Lines that rhyme are given the same letter. that rhyme are given the same letter.

Example:Example:Up in the skyUp in the sky aaI see a cloudI see a cloud bbI like to flyI like to fly aaI listen closely I listen closely ccI do not hear a sound I do not hear a sound bb

StanzaStanza

A grouping of two or more lines. A stanza A grouping of two or more lines. A stanza is comparable to a paragraph in prose. is comparable to a paragraph in prose. Each stanza ma have the same number Each stanza ma have the same number of lines or the number of lines may vary.of lines or the number of lines may vary.

Example: “Choices” by Nikki GiovanniExample: “Choices” by Nikki GiovanniClick below to see how there are 5 stanza’s Click below to see how there are 5 stanza’s

and each include a different number of lines and each include a different number of lines Nikki GiovanniNikki Giovanni