1. Poetry Notes

2. 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.

3. Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
P. 137 “Thumbprint”

4. Allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

5. A ballad is a song like poem that tells a story, often dealing with adventure or romance.
P. 630 “The Highwayman”

6. Blank verse is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

7. Concrete poem is one in which the shape suggests the subject written about.
P. 588 “Seal”

8. Flashback is a section of literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate to another event from an earlier time.

9. Free verse is poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern, or meter.

10. 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”

11. Limerick is a short, humorous poem in highly musical verse.

12. The meter of a poem is its rhythmical pattern that is determined by the number of stresses, or beats, in each line.

13. A narrative poem is a story told in verse.
P. 542 “The Cremation of Sam McGee”

14. Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sound.

15. Refrain is a repeated line or group of lines in a poem.
P. 668 “Annabel Lee”

16. Rhyme is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

17. Rhyme scheme is a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem, indicated by lower case letters.

18. 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.

19. 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
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20. Rhyme Scheme continued
Under a spreading chestnut tree, The village smithy stands. The smith a mighty man is he With large and sinewy hands.

21. 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

22. Stanza is a formal division of lines in a poem, considered a unit.

23. 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.