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Elements of Poetry Prof. Eddie Ortiz Roman, Ph.D Academia Santa Rosa
Principal: Dr. Lorrie Cuevas Torres, Ms. Ed, Ph.D Ed
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Definition of Poetry Literature in verse form (a controlled arrangement of lines and stanzas) Uses language to express layers of meaning
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Lines Literature in verse form (a controlled arrangement of lines and stanzas) Uses language to express layers of meaning.
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Literary Elements Figurative language
Language that is used imaginatively rather than literally to express ideas/feelings
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Examples: Simile: uses “like” or “as” to compare 2 essentially unlike things Ex./She runs like the wind.
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Metaphor Compares 2 like things describing one as if it were the other
ex./ My brother’s room is a pigpen.
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Personification A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to a non-human subject Ex./ The feather tickled my face.
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Imagery Descriptive language that creates vivid impressions.
Uses sensory language; appeals to the 5 senses
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Musical qualities Poets often use sound devices to achieve a musical quality They do this by the language that they use
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Rhythm Pattern created by stressed and unstressed syllables
Ordered pattern of rhythm is called meter
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Rhyme Repetition of identical sounds in the last syllables of words
Pattern of rhyme at end of lines in a poem is called rhyme scheme
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Alliteration Initial rhyme Repetition of first consonant
Ex./the light lemon lollipop
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Assonance Vowel rhyme Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
Ex./ date and fade
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Consonance Repetition of consonants within nearby words in which the separating vowels differ Ex./ milk and walk
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