~A medium for creative expression~ POETRY ~A medium for creative expression~ By Margaret Dixon

Appeal to the five senses ~IMAGES~ The bear in the back room is wormy Its meat is all stinky and squirmy, So I’m reading a book About how to cook And another about taxidermy. Appeal to the five senses

~FIGURES OF SPEECH~ SIMILE METAPHOR PERSONIFICATION ONOMATOPOEIA HELP CREATE IMAGES

“It seems to me You’ve lived your life Like a candle in the wind” Elton John

~a comparison using the words “like” or “as” ~SIMILE~ “Sometimes when the moon Looks like a slice of orange impaled on a tree fork….” From “Insomniac” by Patricia Y. Ikeda ~a comparison using the words “like” or “as”

The fog comes on little cat feet It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Carl Sandburg

~a direct comparison; does NOT use “like” or “as” ~METAPHOR~ My brother is A PIG! ~a direct comparison; does NOT use “like” or “as”

“Life has loveliness to sell- All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Climbing fire that sways and sings, And children’s faces looking up Holding wonder like a cup. Sara Teasdale

~giving human qualities to inhuman things or objects ~PERSONIFICATION~ “…And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone” Sara Teasdale ~giving human qualities to inhuman things or objects

“…And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before…” from “The Raven”

~when a word sounds like what it means ~ONOMATOPOEIA~ “Black is the clear glass now that he glides, Crisp is the whisper of long, lean strides…” from “The Skater of Ghost Lake” by William Rose Benet ~when a word sounds like what it means