Figure out which terms are shown in each slide! Poetry Term Examples Figure out which terms are shown in each slide!
Look for TWO poetry terms in this one! Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers. If Peter Piper Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers, Where Are The Pickled Peppers That Peter Piper Picked? Example #1
ANSWER: Alliteration Repetition
Look for THREE poetry terms in this one! "Ah, William, we're weary of weather," said the sunflowers, shining with dew. "Our traveling habits have tired us. Can you give us a room with a view?" They arranged themselves at the window and counted the steps of the sun, and they both took root in the carpet where the topaz tortoises run. Example #2
ANSWER: Personification Rhyme Alliteration
Look for ONE poetry term in this one! “... the moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees.” Example #3
ANSWER: Onomatopoeia
Look for THREE poetry terms in this one! υ ⁄ υ ⁄ υ ⁄ υ ⁄ “I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay.” Example #4
ANSWER: Repetition Rhythm Rhyme
Look for FOUR poetry terms in this one! Excerpt from: Rime of the Ancient Mariner By Samuel Taylor Coleridge “Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” Example #5
ANSWER: Irony Rhyme Repetition Alliteration
Look for FOUR poetry terms in this one! “O My Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; O My Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune.” Example #6
ANSWER: Simile Rhyme Alliteration Repetition
Look for TWO poetry terms in this one! “My life is a dream, like a tiger waking up from her deep sleep.” Example #7
ANSWER: Simile Metaphor
Poetry in Motion
Feet Talk by Constance Levy Listen to your feet tell you where they walk: gravel crackles, grass squeaks, sneaker slaps on hard concrete. Tune in to friendly chitchat of feet meeting feet hurried shuffles, clacks, thumps crossing busy streets Hear your feet talk street talk! 8. What are the five examples of onomatopoeia? 9. What are the three examples of personification?
Feet Talk by Constance Levy Listen to your feet tell you where they walk: gravel crackles, grass squeaks, sneaker slaps on hard concrete. Tune in to friendly chitchat of feet meeting feet hurried shuffles, clacks, thumps crossing busy streets Hear your feet talk street talk! 8. There are five examples of onomatopeia. 9. There are three examples of personification.
Rain in Summer by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout! Across the window-pane It pours and pours; And swift and wide, With a muddy tide, Like a river down the gutter roars The rain, the welcome rain! 10. What are the two similes in this poem?
Rain in Summer by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout! Across the window-pane It pours and pours; And swift and wide, With a muddy tide, Like a river down the gutter roars The rain, the welcome rain! The first simile helps you imagine and “hear” the rain described in the poem. The second simile compares the sound of the rain to a swift, wide, muddy river.
from The Bat Poet by Randall Jarrell A bat is born Naked and blind and pale. His mother makes a pocket of her tail And catches him. He clings to her long fur By his thumbs and toes and teeth. And then the mother dances through the night Doubling and looping, soaring , somersaulting-- Her baby hangs underneath. All night, in happiness, she hunts and flies. 11. What are two examples of alliteration in this poem excerpt?
from The Bat Poet by Randall Jarrell A bat is born Naked and blind and pale. His mother makes a pocket of her tail And catches him. He clings to her long fur By his thumbs and toes and teeth. And then the mother dances through the night Doubling and looping, soaring , somersaulting-- Her baby hangs underneath. All night, in happiness, she hunts and flies. The fourth example of alliteration gives you the sense of the bat dancing gracefully through the night.
Humanizing the World Computers are “user-friendly” “misery loves company” “the future beckons” QUESTION: 12. Which poetry term is represented in these examples?
Humanizing the World Computers are “user-friendly” “misery loves company” “the future beckons” QUESTION: 12. Which poetry term is represented in these examples? ANSWER: Personification
E.K. Hornbeck Returns! “You know what I thought of him, And I know what you thought. Let us leave the lamentations to the illiterate! Why should we weep for him? He cried enough for himself! The national tear-duct from Weeping Water, Nebraska, Who flooded the whole nation like a one-man Mississippi! You know what he was: A Barnum-bunkum Bible-beating bastard!” 13. Which two poetry terms appear in Hornbeck’s poetic lines?
E.K. Hornbeck Returns! “You know what I thought of him, And I know what you thought. Let us leave the lamentations to the illiterate! Why should we weep for him? He cried enough for himself! The national tear-duct from Weeping Water, Nebraska, Who flooded the whole nation like a one-man Mississippi! You know what he was: A Barnum-bunkum Bible-beating bastard!” 13. Which two poetry terms appear in Hornbeck’s poetic lines? Answer: Simile and Alliteration
Rachel Brown’s “Ah-Ha” Moment “Mr. Drummond, I hope I haven’t said anything to offend you. You see, I haven’t really thought very much. I was always afraid of what I might think-so it seemed safer not to think at all. But now I know. A thought is like a child inside our body. It has to be born. If it dies inside you, part of you dies too!” 14. What poetry term appears in Rachel’s lines?
Rachel Brown’s “Ah-Ha” Moment “Mr. Drummond, I hope I haven’t said anything to offend you. You see, I haven’t really thought very much. I was always afraid of what I might think-so it seemed safer not to think at all. But now I know. A thought is like a child inside our body. It has to be born. If it dies inside you, part of you dies too!” 14. What poetry term appears in Rachel’s lines? Answer: Simile
Add up your points Out of 35 total points!