Poetry Analysis HOMEWORK SESSION #1

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Listen closely again to this poem… The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Rhyme a poem in which the ends of the lines have words that sound the same The wind whipped the branches all around, As the rain fell silently to the ground.

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Simile compares using like or as The engine purred like a contented cat.

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Personification describes something non-human with human qualities The morning sun smiled down on the children

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Hyperbole an exaggerated statement Her laugh was so obnoxious it made the windows in the room slam shut. He ate a million hot dogs at the picnic.

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Metaphor compares two different things saying the one is the other. A metaphor uses is instead of like or as Her hair is a shimmering waterfall.

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Alliteration repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words The black birddog boldly began to bark.

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Assonance . the repetition of two or more of the same vowel sounds in a word or the repetition of two or more of the same consonant sounds in a word . The girl started to hurl after going for a whirl on the merry-go-round.

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Onomatopoeia . a word that sounds like the noise it describes Snap your fingers, tap your toes, and buzz like a bee.

IMPORTANT POETRY TERMS Allusion . a reference that is made indirectly, subtly suggested, or implied to somebody or something, using only a word or two . As the avalanche fell, Mark was swallowed up in the swirling snow like Jonah. He survived because he was located by the beeping of his GPS. . The reference to Jonah is the allusion. (Jonah and the whale)

Let’s Review….: . Poetry is not as hard to interpret as you think. Just relate it to ____________. What is the effect of rhyme in a poem? The reader enjoys the sound and beat of the poem. songs 3

Irony is when something _________ _______________ happens. Let’s Review….: . Irony is when something _________ _______________ happens. Mood is how the poem makes me ______. Our textual evidence is written ____ ____ word, with ___________ _______ around it. totally unexpected 3 feel word for quotation marks

Poems are divided into _______________ Let’s Review….: . Poems are divided into _______________ Why does a poet divide a poem into stanzas? It provides the reader with a structure to better understand the meaning of the poem. stanzas 3

An idea that the poem expresses about its main topic Let’s Review….: . What is THEME in poetry? An idea that the poem expresses about its main topic What is a possible theme of THE ROAD NOT TAKEN? Being different; doing your own thing 3

Let’s Review….: . Way to go! I’m proud of you! -Mr. Kelley 3