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Poetry Notes
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Poetry is one of three major styles of writing
Poetry is one of three major styles of writing. It contains stanzas, rhythm, and rhyme. It is also emotionally charged.
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Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
P. 137 “Thumbprint”
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Allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.
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A ballad is a song like poem that tells a story, often dealing with adventure or romance.
P. 630 “The Highwayman”
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Blank verse is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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Concrete poem is one in which the shape suggests the subject written about.
P. 588 “Seal”
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Flashback is a section of literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate to another event from an earlier time.
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Free verse is poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern, or meter.
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Haiku is a three-lined Japanese poem about nature
Haiku is a three-lined Japanese poem about nature. The first and third lines have five syllables and the second line has seven. P. 596 “Three Haiku”
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Limerick is a short, humorous poem in highly musical verse.
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The meter of a poem is its rhythmical pattern that is determined by the number of stresses, or beats, in each line.
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A narrative poem is a story told in verse.
P. 542 “The Cremation of Sam McGee”
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Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sound.
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Refrain is a repeated line or group of lines in a poem.
P. 668 “Annabel Lee”
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Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
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Rhyme scheme is a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem, indicated by lower case letters.
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Example of Rhyme Scheme
I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know. I want to be able as days go by Always to look myself straight in the eye. I don’t want to stand with the setting sun And hate myself for the things I’ve done.
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I have to live with myself and so a
I want to be fit for myself to know a I want to be able as days go by b Always to look myself straight in the eye b I don’t want to stand with the setting sun c And hate myself for the things I’ve done c aabbcc
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Rhyme Scheme continued
Under a spreading chestnut tree, The village smithy stands. The smith a mighty man is he With large and sinewy hands.
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Under a spreading chestnut tree, a The village smithy stands
Under a spreading chestnut tree, a The village smithy stands. b The smith a mighty man is he a With large and sinewy hands. b abab
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Stanza is a formal division of lines in a poem, considered a unit.
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Diamante is a diamond shaped poem containing seven lines
Diamante is a diamond shaped poem containing seven lines. It compares and contrasts between two things.
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