Poetry Terms Page Just a heads up, there will be a test over this on the 21 st.

Form and Structure Lines – ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Stanzas – ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Examples – “Was in a sacred place,” is a line. Notice that it ends in a coma. Lines are not always complete sentences! The mother smiled to know her child Was in a sacred place, But that smile was the last smile To come upon her face

Guided Practice I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going whew I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being dance from ear to ear. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow Of those so close beside me, which are you? God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there, And learn by going where I have to go. ~From “The Waking” by Theodore Roethke 1. Locate one line in this poem and underline it. 2. Locate one stanza in this poem and draw a box around it.

Form and Structure Speaker – The speaker ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ – IMPORTANT: ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Example Sundays too my father got up early And put on his clothes in the blueblack cold, – ___________________________ ___________________________ ______

Guided Practice A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!“ "However," replied the universe,“ The fact has not created in me a sense of obligation 1____________________________________ I don't know what the fuss is, Cooking's easy if you try Just take two octopuses And you’ve got octopi! 2____________________________________ I glide over trees Mountains cities Worlds of Man I see nothing there for me So I glide… 3_____________________________________ Who or what is the speaker in the following poems?

Figurative Language Figure of speech – ______________________ ______________________ ________________ Simile – ______________________ ______________________ ________________ Metaphor – ______________________ ______________________ ________________ Examples I’m starving to death! It sags like a heavy load. The spring rain is a thread of pearls.

Figurative Language Personification – ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Imagery – ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Examples My computer is so stupid! Scatter the milky dust of stars or the tiger sun will leap upon you and destroy you with its vermillion tongue.

Guided Practice Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed. 1________________________ Like an acrobat, The poet must be nimble of tongue. 2________________________ The singer is an angel Washing her song over the congregation. 3________________________ Label each poem as Simile, Metaphor, or personification.

Sound Rhyme – ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Rhyme Scheme – ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Examples Red and Bed Why is it no one has sent me yet___ One limousine, do you suppose?___ Ah no, it’s always my luck to get ___ One perfect rose. ___

Guided Practice Black reapers with the sound of steel on stones Are sharpening scythes. I see them place the hones In their hip-pockets as a thing that’s done, And start their silent swinging, one by one. Black horses drive a mower through the weeds, And there, a field rat, startled, squealing bleeds, His belly close to ground. I see the blade, Blood-stained, continue cutting weeds and shade. _____________________________________ What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Sound Alliteration – ____________________________ ____________________________ ____ Consonance – ____________________________ ____________________________ ____ Assonance – ____________________________ ____________________________ ____ Onomatopoeia – ____________________________ ____________________________ ____ Examples – ________________________ ________________________ ____________ Mammals named Sam are clammy. So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. – ________________________ ________________________ ____________

Guided Practice little did we know that we riddled two middle men who didn't do diddily. 1_____________________ KABOOM! 2_________________ I’ll dive deeply into the do-si- does of this disastrous dialogue 3_______________________ Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray! 4________________________ Label each excerpt as Alliteration, Consonance, Assonance, Or Onomatopoeia.