Poetic Devices A poet is limited in the materials he can use in
... from which to choose for almost every thought, and there are also numerous plans or methods of arrangement of these words, called poetic devices, which can assist the writer in developing cogent expressions pleasing to his readers. Even though most poetry today is read silently, it must still carry ...
... from which to choose for almost every thought, and there are also numerous plans or methods of arrangement of these words, called poetic devices, which can assist the writer in developing cogent expressions pleasing to his readers. Even though most poetry today is read silently, it must still carry ...
An Introduction to Stress and Meter Consider the sound of the
... tetrameter, and Greek verse hexameter. When scanning a line, we might, for instance, describe the line as "iambic pentameter" (having five feet, with each foot tending to be a light syllable followed by heavy syllable). Or it might be "trochaic hexameter" (having six feet, with each foot tending to ...
... tetrameter, and Greek verse hexameter. When scanning a line, we might, for instance, describe the line as "iambic pentameter" (having five feet, with each foot tending to be a light syllable followed by heavy syllable). Or it might be "trochaic hexameter" (having six feet, with each foot tending to ...
Elements of Poetry Structure and Form ppt
... is usually followed throughout the poem. A division in poetry like a paragraph in prose. Common stanza patterns include couplets, triplets, quatrains, etc. Free-verse poems follow no rules regarding where to divide stanzas. ...
... is usually followed throughout the poem. A division in poetry like a paragraph in prose. Common stanza patterns include couplets, triplets, quatrains, etc. Free-verse poems follow no rules regarding where to divide stanzas. ...
Print › English Poetic Terms | Quizlet | Quizlet
... a word, phrase, line, or group of lines, repeated at some fixed interval throughout the poem ...
... a word, phrase, line, or group of lines, repeated at some fixed interval throughout the poem ...
glossary for poetry
... pastoral elements were emphasized, and the masque was based upon a poetic idea so its action could be significant. ...
... pastoral elements were emphasized, and the masque was based upon a poetic idea so its action could be significant. ...
Poetry Devices, Structure, and Forms
... Denotation: The literal, dictionary meaning of a word. Example: The word “home” means, “the physical structure within which one lives, such as a house.” Connotation: The suggested or implied meanings ...
... Denotation: The literal, dictionary meaning of a word. Example: The word “home” means, “the physical structure within which one lives, such as a house.” Connotation: The suggested or implied meanings ...
POETRY TERMS / DEFINITIONS
... A ballad is a narrative poem which follows definite characteristics, such as four line stanzas, a rhyme scheme of abab or abcb, swift action, dialogue, repetition and a heroic character. The Ballad is a narrative poem which was meant to be sung: Folk Ballad is an older form, passed on orally and hav ...
... A ballad is a narrative poem which follows definite characteristics, such as four line stanzas, a rhyme scheme of abab or abcb, swift action, dialogue, repetition and a heroic character. The Ballad is a narrative poem which was meant to be sung: Folk Ballad is an older form, passed on orally and hav ...
MLA Citation Poetry (fr OWL at Purdue)
... For quotations that extend to more than four lines of verse or prose, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented one inch from the left margin; maintain double-spacing. Only indent the first line of th ...
... For quotations that extend to more than four lines of verse or prose, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented one inch from the left margin; maintain double-spacing. Only indent the first line of th ...
Act - m-omalley
... • A form of literary expression that differs from prose in emphasizing the line as the unit of composition. • It contains emotional, imaginative language; use of metaphor, simile, and other figures of speech; division into stanzas, rhyme; and regular pattern or ...
... • A form of literary expression that differs from prose in emphasizing the line as the unit of composition. • It contains emotional, imaginative language; use of metaphor, simile, and other figures of speech; division into stanzas, rhyme; and regular pattern or ...
some fundamentals of poetry
... ENJAMBMENT—in poetry, the running over of a sentence form one verse or stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the first. When the sentence or meaning does stop at the end of the line it is called—END STOPPED LINE. IMAGERY—anything that affects or appeals to the reader’s senses: sight (v ...
... ENJAMBMENT—in poetry, the running over of a sentence form one verse or stanza into the next without stopping at the end of the first. When the sentence or meaning does stop at the end of the line it is called—END STOPPED LINE. IMAGERY—anything that affects or appeals to the reader’s senses: sight (v ...
Chaucer`s Prosody
... Chaucer’s early dream visions are in four-beat lines or iambic tetrameter, and he later developed the fivebeat line or iambic pentameter. There is enough variation to put into question whether the first type is octosyllabic meter and the second type decasyllabic – that is, whether his verse has a fi ...
... Chaucer’s early dream visions are in four-beat lines or iambic tetrameter, and he later developed the fivebeat line or iambic pentameter. There is enough variation to put into question whether the first type is octosyllabic meter and the second type decasyllabic – that is, whether his verse has a fi ...
Poetry Terms - Lamont High
... words 3. Consonance: the repetition of middle or final consonant sounds in neighboring words. Similar to alliteration but is not limited to the initial letter of a word. 4. Simile: a direct comparison of two dissimilar things using "like" or "as", e.g., "my love is like a red, red rose" (Robert Burn ...
... words 3. Consonance: the repetition of middle or final consonant sounds in neighboring words. Similar to alliteration but is not limited to the initial letter of a word. 4. Simile: a direct comparison of two dissimilar things using "like" or "as", e.g., "my love is like a red, red rose" (Robert Burn ...
Presentation
... It can be a material object or a written sign used to represent something invisible. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -from “The Road Not Taken” by Robert F ...
... It can be a material object or a written sign used to represent something invisible. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -from “The Road Not Taken” by Robert F ...
Guide to Poetry Scansion
... represented on the page, turning something you hear into something you can see. I. RHYME involves matching sounds of words. As melody is to music, so is RHYME to poetry. The sounds of vowels are what create most rhymes. Because you can hear the words that match they have sounds that are (somewhat) a ...
... represented on the page, turning something you hear into something you can see. I. RHYME involves matching sounds of words. As melody is to music, so is RHYME to poetry. The sounds of vowels are what create most rhymes. Because you can hear the words that match they have sounds that are (somewhat) a ...
Poetry
... a regular meter or rhyme scheme Haiku – Japanese verse form consisting of three lines and usually seventeen syllables (5 first line, 7 second, 5 third) Hyperbole – figure of speech using exaggeration to express an emotion. An overstatement. ...
... a regular meter or rhyme scheme Haiku – Japanese verse form consisting of three lines and usually seventeen syllables (5 first line, 7 second, 5 third) Hyperbole – figure of speech using exaggeration to express an emotion. An overstatement. ...
English 11 – Literary/Poetic Devices The following set of definitions
... Figurative Language: language based on or involving a figure of speech: language that is metaphorical not literal. Figures of Speech: the various techniques or devices of figurative language. Ex. simile, metaphor, personification Hyperbole (overstatement): a figure of speech in which an exaggerated ...
... Figurative Language: language based on or involving a figure of speech: language that is metaphorical not literal. Figures of Speech: the various techniques or devices of figurative language. Ex. simile, metaphor, personification Hyperbole (overstatement): a figure of speech in which an exaggerated ...
Poetry Unit Calendar and Guide
... A fourteen-line poem with the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg. The poem also uses iambic pentameter. The last two lines represent a conclusion to the poem ...
... A fourteen-line poem with the following rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg. The poem also uses iambic pentameter. The last two lines represent a conclusion to the poem ...
Poem terms
... value, e.g. a rose is often a symbol of love and beauty; spring and winter often symbolizes youth and old age. ...
... value, e.g. a rose is often a symbol of love and beauty; spring and winter often symbolizes youth and old age. ...
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... are written in lines, which may or may not be sentences. In some poems, such as “Annabel Lee,” lines are grouped into stanzas. Each stanza may have a uniform number of lines, or the number of lines may vary. Sound Since most poems are meant to be read aloud, poets make many decisions about how the p ...
... are written in lines, which may or may not be sentences. In some poems, such as “Annabel Lee,” lines are grouped into stanzas. Each stanza may have a uniform number of lines, or the number of lines may vary. Sound Since most poems are meant to be read aloud, poets make many decisions about how the p ...
Learning poetry down on IPAD Street Meter = The pattern of
... Irony The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. ...
... Irony The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea. ...
simile
... One flew up to touch the sun— POP! One thought highways might be fun—POP!... One sat around ‘til his air ran out—WHOOSH!... ...
... One flew up to touch the sun— POP! One thought highways might be fun—POP!... One sat around ‘til his air ran out—WHOOSH!... ...
Alliterative verse
In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal ornamental device to help indicate the underlying metrical structure, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme. The most commonly studied traditions of alliterative verse are those found in the oldest literature of the Germanic languages, where scholars use the term 'alliterative poetry' rather broadly to indicate a tradition which not only shares alliteration as its primary ornament but also certain metrical characteristics. The Old English epic Beowulf, as well as most other Old English poetry, the Old High German Muspilli, the Old Saxon Heliand, the Old Norse Poetic Edda, and many Middle English poems such as Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the Alliterative Morte Arthur all use alliterative verse.Alliterative verse can be found in many other languages as well. The Finnish Kalevala and the Estonian Kalevipoeg both use alliterative forms derived from folk tradition. Traditional Turkic verse, for example that of the Uyghur, is also alliterative.