Poetry Terms

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Poetry Terms

• Sophomore English

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Alliteration

• Repetition of same or similar consonant sounds in
  words that are close together
• Most often consists of sounds that begin words,
  it may also involve sounds that occur in words
• What is a consonant?
• NOT a vowel

• Example
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
  (First letter, p, is a consonant and
  is repeated many times)
• Needs to be
• at least three

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Assonance

• Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by
  different consonant sounds in words that are
  close together
• Lake and fake demonstrate Rhyme
• Lake and fate demonstrate Assonance
• Example
• And so all the night-tide, I lie down by the
  side, Of my darling, my darling, my
  life and my bride
• Edgar Allan Poe, from Annabel Lee

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Alliteration vs. Assonance

• How can you remember the difference between
  alliteration and assonance?
• Alliteration (rep. of consonants) ends with a
  CONSONANT
• Assonance (rep. of vowels) ends with a VOWEL

So easy a caveman can remember it!
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Onomatopoeia

• Sounds are spelled out as words
• When say the word, it sounds like the noise the
  word makes.
• Examples splash, buzz, pop, swish, kerplunk
• AKA Batman words

SPLA
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Allusion
Four score and seven years ago

• Reference to a statement, person, place, event,
  or thing that is known from literature, history,
  religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or art
• Direct or indirect reference

Five score years ago
King's allusion effectively called up parallels
in two historic moments.
Having the strength of Hercules
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Rhyme Scheme

• Indicate rhyme scheme by each new end and rhyme a
  new letter of the alphabet
• Example
• Bid me to weep, and I will weep,
• While I have eyes to see
• And having none, yet I will keep
• A heart to weep for thee.
• Stanza from To Anthea, Who May Command Him Any
  Thing by Robert Herrick
• What is the rhyme scheme?

A B A B
ABAB
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Inversion

• Reversal of normal word order in a sentence
• Remember Yoda from Star Wars?
• Named must your fear be before banish it you
  can.
• Correct word order You must name your fear
  before you can banish it.

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Internal Rhyme

• When two or more words in ONE line of poetry
  rhyme.
• Example Her sighing and crying were trying.

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Connotation Denotation

• Connotation All the meanings, associations, or
  emotions that a word suggests
• Example Expensive restaurant advertises its
  delicious cuisine rather than its delicious
  cooking
• Cuisine elegance, sophistication, high quality
• Cooking decent, everyday food

• Denotation literal dictionary definition of the
  word
• Cuisine and Cooking Prepared Food

Cuisine
vs
Cooking
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Tone

• Authors attitude toward types of characters and
  situations
• Examples cynical, playful, formal, informal,
  earnestness, seriousness, bitterness, humorous,
  joyful, neutral, serious, amused, sad, angry

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Mood

• Atmosphere or feeling created by a piece of art
  or writing
• Creates a sense of expectation about what is to
  follow
• Feeling in reading
• Example
• Create mood of mystery around character or
  setting
• Romantic, gloomy, optimistic, imaginary

Mysterious, Suspenseful
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Symbolism
Water New Life

• Something tangible (can touch it) that represents
  something intangible (cant touch it)
• Things, characters and actions can be symbols

Cross Religion
Black Evil, Death
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Imagery

• Language that appeals to the senses

• Examples
• He was a tall man.
• The cat is soft.

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Figure of Speech or Figurative Language

• Words that are NOT meant to be taken literally.
• Example When your mom tells you every inch of
  your room is messy.
• Some types Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole,
  Simile (MPHS)

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Metaphor

• Comparison between two unlike things
• Does NOT use like or as
• Example Juliet IS the sun. from Shakespeares
  The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

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Personification
Smile Sun

• Give human qualities to an animal, an object, or
  an idea
• Examples
• The whistling wind.
• The trees were dancing in the wind.

The smiling sun. The sun was smiling.
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Hyperbole
I told you a MILLION times!

• Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to
  express strong emotion or for comic relief
• Not pronounced Hyper-bowl
• Its High-purr-bowl-ee

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Simile

• Comparison between two unlike things, using words
  like or as
• Example
• Her love
• is like a
• red rose.

The man was strong as an ox.
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Activity Time!

• Now its time to go on a scavenger hunt to find
  these terms in real poems.
• Lets complete RN 8