1. + Poetry Unit 12 Vocabulary

2. + Simile (n.) Compares two unlike things using like or as

3. + Metaphor (n.) Compares two unlike things by stating one thing is another

4. + Personification (n.) Gives human characteristics to a nonhuman subject

5. + Imagery (n.) The formation of mental images that appeal to the five scenes

6. + Symbol (n.) An object or idea that represents something other than itself

7. + Theme (n.) A central message about life or humans in a literary work Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert FrostTheme: Nothing Nothing Gold Can StayLasts Forever Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

8. + Line (n.) A row of words on a page

9. + Stanza (n.) A group of lines of poetry that are similar in length and separated by spaces

10. + Tone (n.) A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert FrostTone: Sad Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.

11. + Figurative Language (n.) Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!