Poetry+Unit

Poetry Terms

**Simile** - a comparison of two unlike things (using like or as) **Metaphor** - an implied comparison between two unlike things (without like or as) **Personification** - human characteristics given to non human things **Stanza** - a group of lines set off from another, the “paragraph of a poem” **Imagery** - words that appeal to the 5 senses **Setting** - the time and place of the plot **Irony** - a contrast between what appears to be and what really is **Symbol** - a thing that has another suggested meaning as well as a literal meaning **Theme** - the main or underlying meaning of a work **Connotation** - the emotional association of a word. **Denotation** – the dictionary definition of a word **Hyperbole** - an exaggerated statement **Tone** - an author's attitude toward the subject **Mood** – the emotional feeling of the work **Free verse** - poetry that is free from regular rhyme or rhythm **Internal rhyme** - rhyming words within one line **End rhyme** - the last word in lines of poetry rhyme **Rhythm** - the arrangement of stressed and unstressed sounds. It can be regular or varied, fast or slow **Onomatopoeia** - words used to imitate the sound of things **Alliteration** - the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning or within a word. **Repetition**- a word or phrase used over and over **Limerick** - a five line humorous poem

(The titles of poems in your packet, in the order they appear, and what type of poem they are an example of)
 * Poetry Packet **
 * 1) ** Cover / your name / date ** (5 pts)
 * 2) ** Table of Contents ** (7 pts)

III. **An example of each of the following** must label (9 pts for each poem) *are the examples given in class

**//yours must be another example / you can not use the ones listed here//**//*//
 * 1. Narrative Poem ***//The Raven// **by Edgar Allan Poe**
 * 2. Diamante ***//Summer// **by Erica Dinse**
 * 3. A Lyric Poem ** ***** //Sonnet #18// **by William Shakespeare**
 * 4. One that shows rhythm and rhyme ***//I Sketched a Thought Upon a Page: Sheldon// **by Dave Kellett**
 * 5. One that has repetition * **//Do It Anyway// **by Kent M. Keith **
 * 6. Imagery- ***//The Red Wheelbarrow// **by Williams Carlos Williams**
 * 7. Simile - // emerald is as green as grass // … ***//Flint// **by Christina Rossetti**
 * 8. Metaphor - //Life is a broken-winged bird//***//Dreams// **by Langston Hughes**
 * and **//*The road Not Taken// **by Robert Frost**
 * 9. Personification- //The hills untied their bonnets// **
 * //I’ll Tell You How The Sun Rose// **by Emily Dickison**
 * 10. An alliteration // The wonderful wind whistles //**
 * * **//The Wonderful Wind// **by Natasha Niemi**
 * 11. Free verse * **//I Dream’d in a Dream// **by Walt Whitman**
 * and ***//Birches//** by Robert Frost