Poetry Vocabulary List
... story in the middle of the action to involve the reader, and then using one or more flashbacks to fill in what led up to that point. Lyric – a usually short, personal poem expressing the poet’s emotions and thoughts rather than telling a story. Measure – an older word for meter. The term is also use ...
... story in the middle of the action to involve the reader, and then using one or more flashbacks to fill in what led up to that point. Lyric – a usually short, personal poem expressing the poet’s emotions and thoughts rather than telling a story. Measure – an older word for meter. The term is also use ...
D - Burlington High School English Department
... Like morning mist; like cradlesong: My resolution lasts as long. The cat keeps three paws on the deck The clerk, too, keeps himself in check; The whim passes; the crowd moves on; The boyfriend calls; the candy's gone; A boy forgets; the sun breaks through; The baby sleeps: I stay with you. The Panth ...
... Like morning mist; like cradlesong: My resolution lasts as long. The cat keeps three paws on the deck The clerk, too, keeps himself in check; The whim passes; the crowd moves on; The boyfriend calls; the candy's gone; A boy forgets; the sun breaks through; The baby sleeps: I stay with you. The Panth ...
Pre 1914 Poems Revision
... victim: in more favourable circumstances they could have shared hospitality together. This idea is in striking contrast to that in the second stanza: the circumstances in which the men did meet. "Ranged as infantry" suggests that the men are not natural foes but have been "ranged", that is set again ...
... victim: in more favourable circumstances they could have shared hospitality together. This idea is in striking contrast to that in the second stanza: the circumstances in which the men did meet. "Ranged as infantry" suggests that the men are not natural foes but have been "ranged", that is set again ...
Literary Fair Handbook - Falcon Cove Middle School
... c. Each school may submit one entry per category. Any student(s) designated as the school’s first place winner(s) is eligible to participate in the District Literary Fair. d. Each entry must be submitted on 8 ½ x 11inch paper except for Children’s Books. Do not mount on construction paper or poster ...
... c. Each school may submit one entry per category. Any student(s) designated as the school’s first place winner(s) is eligible to participate in the District Literary Fair. d. Each entry must be submitted on 8 ½ x 11inch paper except for Children’s Books. Do not mount on construction paper or poster ...
Writing of Poetry: Final Project Part One: Poetry Portfolio (35 pts
... Writing of Poetry: Final Project Part One: Poetry Portfolio (35 pts.) The poetry portfolio is a collection of all the poems that you wrote in our last unit. Your poetry portfolio will need to include a haiku, limerick, sonnet, and ballad or cinquain. You will be writing one poem a week for the portf ...
... Writing of Poetry: Final Project Part One: Poetry Portfolio (35 pts.) The poetry portfolio is a collection of all the poems that you wrote in our last unit. Your poetry portfolio will need to include a haiku, limerick, sonnet, and ballad or cinquain. You will be writing one poem a week for the portf ...
IGCSE English Literature Paper 1: Section B (Poetry) Songs of
... the subject or the planet, nor to think thoughts. Better barefoot it out the front. door and lean from the porch across the privets and the palms into the washed-out creation, a dark place with two particular bright clouds dusted (query) by the moon, one’s mine the other’s an adversary, which may de ...
... the subject or the planet, nor to think thoughts. Better barefoot it out the front. door and lean from the porch across the privets and the palms into the washed-out creation, a dark place with two particular bright clouds dusted (query) by the moon, one’s mine the other’s an adversary, which may de ...
poetry "reference tables" pdf file
... To be nobody-but-yourself---in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else---means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. As for expressing nobody-but-yourself in words, that means working just a little harder than anybody ...
... To be nobody-but-yourself---in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else---means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. As for expressing nobody-but-yourself in words, that means working just a little harder than anybody ...
Glossary of Poetic Terms
... An imagined story, whether in prose, poetry, or drama. Ibsen's Nora is fictional, a "makebelieve" character in a play, as are Hamlet and Othello. Characters like Robert Browning's Duke and Duchess from his poem "My Last Duchess" are fictional as well, though they may be based on actual historical in ...
... An imagined story, whether in prose, poetry, or drama. Ibsen's Nora is fictional, a "makebelieve" character in a play, as are Hamlet and Othello. Characters like Robert Browning's Duke and Duchess from his poem "My Last Duchess" are fictional as well, though they may be based on actual historical in ...
sectionCpoemsedexcel
... Sonnet 116 This sonnet attempts to define love, by telling both what it is and is not. In the first quatrain, the speaker says that love—”the marriage of true minds”— is perfect and unchanging; it does not “admit impediments,” and it does not change when it find changes in the loved one. ...
... Sonnet 116 This sonnet attempts to define love, by telling both what it is and is not. In the first quatrain, the speaker says that love—”the marriage of true minds”— is perfect and unchanging; it does not “admit impediments,” and it does not change when it find changes in the loved one. ...
Poetic Devices - Spokane Public Schools
... Brainstorm things that scared you as a child. Choose one fear from your brainstorm list and select alliterative adjectives to describe your childhood fear. The tongue twister must be five or more lines. Ex: I was terrified if my closet door was open at night I can refer to my closet as the “The Dark ...
... Brainstorm things that scared you as a child. Choose one fear from your brainstorm list and select alliterative adjectives to describe your childhood fear. The tongue twister must be five or more lines. Ex: I was terrified if my closet door was open at night I can refer to my closet as the “The Dark ...
Poetry Terminology 11
... contains all the terms you were responsible for learning in the past, as well as the new terms you are now responsible for learning. o The new terms are marked with (NT): New Term. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Poem: Words ...
... contains all the terms you were responsible for learning in the past, as well as the new terms you are now responsible for learning. o The new terms are marked with (NT): New Term. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Poem: Words ...
Renaissance Poetry Explicating Poetry Explicating Poetry
... Primarily a playwright, but prior to his writing career he worked as a bricklayer and joined the British Army. Killed an actor in his company in a duel, but avoided hanging by reading a Biblical passage in Latin, and thus was tried by a Church court. Famous for satirical work in his plays and ...
... Primarily a playwright, but prior to his writing career he worked as a bricklayer and joined the British Army. Killed an actor in his company in a duel, but avoided hanging by reading a Biblical passage in Latin, and thus was tried by a Church court. Famous for satirical work in his plays and ...
4. poetry
... minimum size 12 font; font should be large enough so that white space does not dwarf the poem; double-spaced on 8 1/2 x 11” paper g. Rhymed Verse Definition: Poetry having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the end of lines. Specifications Typing required, minimum size 12 font; font s ...
... minimum size 12 font; font should be large enough so that white space does not dwarf the poem; double-spaced on 8 1/2 x 11” paper g. Rhymed Verse Definition: Poetry having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the end of lines. Specifications Typing required, minimum size 12 font; font s ...
Poetry Unit - Ms. Mills`s English Class
... - SWBAT interpret meaning in poetry. - SWBAT support an interpretation of a poem with evidence from the text. - SWBAT define literary terms as they relate to poetry and identify those devices and concepts within poetry. ...
... - SWBAT interpret meaning in poetry. - SWBAT support an interpretation of a poem with evidence from the text. - SWBAT define literary terms as they relate to poetry and identify those devices and concepts within poetry. ...
poetry project
... horizon is, yes, visual, but more specifically, it conveys a sense of movement. *All kinesthetic images are visual images as well, but you are expected to use the more specific term. Not all visual images will be kinesthetic, as per the above example. **Very important: I heard the far-off buzz of a ...
... horizon is, yes, visual, but more specifically, it conveys a sense of movement. *All kinesthetic images are visual images as well, but you are expected to use the more specific term. Not all visual images will be kinesthetic, as per the above example. **Very important: I heard the far-off buzz of a ...
Poetry Powerpoint File
... Draw the shape of your poem. Using a pencil, lightly draw an outline of the shape you want your text to fit into. Consider the length of your poem and desired text size when drawing your shape. Fill the shape with text. If you are writing by hand, use pencil so that you can easily adjust the siz ...
... Draw the shape of your poem. Using a pencil, lightly draw an outline of the shape you want your text to fit into. Consider the length of your poem and desired text size when drawing your shape. Fill the shape with text. If you are writing by hand, use pencil so that you can easily adjust the siz ...
Soft Rains/Meeting at Night/Sounds of Night
... 9. Critical Interpretations According to one critic, Teasdale’s poetry “expresses the fragility of human life where the only real certainty comes from nature.” How does this comment apply to “There Will Come Soft Rains”? ...
... 9. Critical Interpretations According to one critic, Teasdale’s poetry “expresses the fragility of human life where the only real certainty comes from nature.” How does this comment apply to “There Will Come Soft Rains”? ...
Poetry Party
... The lights come out. First here, then there Behind the windowpanes as though A million billion bees had built Their golden hives and honeycombs Above you in the air. ...
... The lights come out. First here, then there Behind the windowpanes as though A million billion bees had built Their golden hives and honeycombs Above you in the air. ...
File - Techno
... The lights come out. First here, then there Behind the windowpanes as though A million billion bees had built Their golden hives and honeycombs Above you in the air. ...
... The lights come out. First here, then there Behind the windowpanes as though A million billion bees had built Their golden hives and honeycombs Above you in the air. ...
Understanding Poetry
... The lights come out. First here, then there Behind the windowpanes as though A million billion bees had built Their golden hives and honeycombs Above you in the air. ...
... The lights come out. First here, then there Behind the windowpanes as though A million billion bees had built Their golden hives and honeycombs Above you in the air. ...
B - Creative Writing
... came to him and said, "I've got a great idea for a poem! It goes: 'Pull the wings off a dragonfly, and look - you get a red pepperpod!'" Basho said, "No. That is not in the spirit of haiku. You should write: 'Add wings to a pepperpod, and look - you get a red dragonfly!'" Cruelty, violence and sensa ...
... came to him and said, "I've got a great idea for a poem! It goes: 'Pull the wings off a dragonfly, and look - you get a red pepperpod!'" Basho said, "No. That is not in the spirit of haiku. You should write: 'Add wings to a pepperpod, and look - you get a red dragonfly!'" Cruelty, violence and sensa ...
Poetic Meter
... line, we have a good idea of what the dominant meter of the poem is. Every line may not be the same, but usually there will be one dominant pattern. In Rich’s poem, we could scan all the lines and we would see that there are generally 5 stresses (5 stressed syllables) to each line. Poetry scansion m ...
... line, we have a good idea of what the dominant meter of the poem is. Every line may not be the same, but usually there will be one dominant pattern. In Rich’s poem, we could scan all the lines and we would see that there are generally 5 stresses (5 stressed syllables) to each line. Poetry scansion m ...
AP REQUIRED poetry terms
... 66. terza rima- a three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc,etc. Dante’s Divine Comedy is written in terza rima. 67. theme- the main thought expressed by a work. In poetry, it is the abstract concept which is made concrete through its representation in person, action, and image in the work. 68. tone- t ...
... 66. terza rima- a three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc,etc. Dante’s Divine Comedy is written in terza rima. 67. theme- the main thought expressed by a work. In poetry, it is the abstract concept which is made concrete through its representation in person, action, and image in the work. 68. tone- t ...
Poets Hating Poetry - Oklahoma Humanities Council
... a tree, the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea, the baseball fan, the statistician-nor is it valid to discriminate against “business documents and school-books”; all these phenomena are important. One must make a distinction however: when dragged into prominence by ha ...
... a tree, the immovable critic twitching his skin like a horse that feels a flea, the baseball fan, the statistician-nor is it valid to discriminate against “business documents and school-books”; all these phenomena are important. One must make a distinction however: when dragged into prominence by ha ...
ABC poem = a poem that has five lines and creates a mood, picture
... 29. Limerick = a 5 line poem; lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other (example: There once was a man from Peru, Who dreamed of eating his shoe, He awoke with a fright, In the middle of the nig ...
... 29. Limerick = a 5 line poem; lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other (example: There once was a man from Peru, Who dreamed of eating his shoe, He awoke with a fright, In the middle of the nig ...