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2. From Ballad to Blank Verse, Elegy, Epic, Free Verse, Haiku, Limerick, and Sonnets, Poetry is...

3. 1. The art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts. 2. Literary work in metrical form; verse. 3. (The site says Prose but we’ll say) Text with poetic qualities. From What some poets say it is: "Poetry is when emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words“ - Robert Frost “Poetry at its best uses words to say more than words can say.” - Marvin Bell "Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle...“ -Dylan Thomas

4.  Simile  Metaphor  Personification  Alliteration  Onomatopoeia  Hyperbole  Symbolism  Connotative Meaning  Denotative Meaning

5.  Direct comparison of two things which by their general nature are different from each other  Uses “like” or “as”

6.  Implied comparison between two unlike things  Usually uses a form of “to be” verb (is, are, was, were)  Does not use “like” or “as”

7.  Giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea

8.  Repeating consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables ◦ Karl cooks cookies. ◦ Carl can catch. ◦ Mommy makes me mad! ◦ Phil fired Fanny Fay.

9.  Words that imitate sounds ◦ Snap! Crackle! Pop! ◦ Slam! Zip! Zoom! Pow! ◦ Buzz! Bang! Zap! ◦ Clank! Clang! Drip! Drop!

10.  Extreme exaggeration ◦ I’m so hungry I could eat an entire horse!! ◦ Your uncle’s so fat, he walked in front of my TV and I missed 3 episodes!

11.  Something concrete, such as an object, person, place or happening, that stands for something abstract such as an idea, quality, concept, or condition ◦ Heart=lovePeace sign=Peace ◦ 4-leaf clover=luck Flag=freedom

12.  Emotional meaning of a word beyond the dictionary meaning of the word ◦ Euphemism: A nicer way to say something (positive connotation or spin)  passed away  slender  Husky or big boned  A face only a mother could love  Wise or aged

13.  Dictionary meaning of a word—literal meaning

14.  Concrete details that appeal to the five senses ◦ Touch, sight, sound, smell, taste

17.  Lines  Stanzas  Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme  Couplets  Quatrains  Rhythm  Meter  Iambic Pentameter

18.  Correspondence, in two or more words, of ending sounds ◦ End Rhyme: a rhyme that occurs in the last syllable of lines ◦ Internal Rhyme: Rhyme between a word within a line and another word at the end of the same line

19.  A regular pattern of rhyming words  Corresponding lines that rhyme with each other in a stanza— represented by letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme Line 1: Roses are red A Line 2: Violets are blue B Line 3: Sugar is sweet C Line 4: And so are you B

20.  A formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit ◦ “Poetry Paragraph”

21.  Two successive lines of poetry marked by end rhyme – usually expresses a single idea: My love for you Will always be true You are mine And that is just fine

22.  A stanza made up of 4 lines usually with a definite rhythm and rhyme scheme

23.  Pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in spoken and written language  Used to pace the poem

24.  The meter of the poem is its rhythmical pattern determined by the number and types of stresses or beats  English verse is described as being made up of rhythmical units called “feet”  A foot consists of some combination of unstressed (˘) and stressed (´) syllables

25.  One unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable  English speech—natural iambic beat  Sounds like a heartbeat  “Her deck/ once red/with he/rose blood” ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ´ ´ ´ ´

26.  Ballad  Blank Verse  Elegy  Epic  Free Verse  Haiku  Limerick  Sonnets  Shakespearian or English Sonnets

27. A 14-line lyric poem usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter

28.  Three quatrains and a couplet  Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg  Written in iambic pentameter

29.  Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter (an unstressed syllable usually begins the line)

30.  Poetry that follows no set patterns of rhyme, meter, or line length

31.  A traditional Japanese 3-line poem containing 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 again in the third  It presents a picture, or image, in order to around specific emotions in the reader

32.  A single narrative poem in 4- line stanzas, usually meant to be sung and usually rhyming abcb

33. A poem that laments the dead, frequently long and formal in tone

34.  A long story, often told in verse, involving heroes and gods  Grand in length and scope, an epic provides a portrait of an entire culture, of the legends, beliefs, values, laws, arts and ways of life of a people Example: The Odyssey

35.  Short, 5-line humorous poem  Rhyme scheme: aabba There was an old man of the isles Who suffered severely from piles He couldn’t sit down Without a deep frown So he had to row standing for miles (Contributed by Natalie Moffitt) Found on http://www.freewebs.com/limericks/