Meet the Poet on - The Education Fund
... unstressed syllable. The nonsense line, "Higgledy, piggledy," is dactylic, with the accent on the first syllable and the two syllables following falling off from that ...
... unstressed syllable. The nonsense line, "Higgledy, piggledy," is dactylic, with the accent on the first syllable and the two syllables following falling off from that ...
My Papa`s Waltz
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What is Poetry?
... It’s pointless and dull, and wholly lacking in wit. It’s so old and stale, it’s beginning to smell! Besides, it’s the one I was going to tell. ...
... It’s pointless and dull, and wholly lacking in wit. It’s so old and stale, it’s beginning to smell! Besides, it’s the one I was going to tell. ...
some fundamentals of poetry
... NOT QUITE FAIR The hills, the meadows, and the lakes, Enchant not for their own sweet sakes. They cannot know, they cannot care To know that they are thought so fair. ...
... NOT QUITE FAIR The hills, the meadows, and the lakes, Enchant not for their own sweet sakes. They cannot know, they cannot care To know that they are thought so fair. ...
Basic Versification Terms
... The most common basic poem form is the sonnet, a poem composed of fourteen lines. Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem. Scansion is the process of determining the rhythm (the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables) of a poem. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter. Internal rhyme ...
... The most common basic poem form is the sonnet, a poem composed of fourteen lines. Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes in a poem. Scansion is the process of determining the rhythm (the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables) of a poem. Blank verse is unrhymed iambic pentameter. Internal rhyme ...
view - Association for Computational Linguistics
... between sentences is better. Wang et al. (2016) did not consider the generation of the first line. Therefore, the first line is provided by users and must be a well-written sentence of the poem. Yi et al. (2016) extended this approach to generate Chinese quatrains. The problem of generating the firs ...
... between sentences is better. Wang et al. (2016) did not consider the generation of the first line. Therefore, the first line is provided by users and must be a well-written sentence of the poem. Yi et al. (2016) extended this approach to generate Chinese quatrains. The problem of generating the firs ...
A Review of Margaret Avison`s Listening
... in 2005.) Since I knew there were to be some new poems included in Always Now, when I interviewed Margaret in November 2004, I asked her if she might consider publishing another collection after that. She avoided giving me a straight answer by saying, “I haven’t come to a crashing stop” (Martin 2005 ...
... in 2005.) Since I knew there were to be some new poems included in Always Now, when I interviewed Margaret in November 2004, I asked her if she might consider publishing another collection after that. She avoided giving me a straight answer by saying, “I haven’t come to a crashing stop” (Martin 2005 ...
LITERARY TERMS
... 23.IAMBIC PENTAMETER—A metrical pattern of five unstressed syllables, each one followed by a stressed syllable. The pattern is not perfect; sometimes there are breaks in the pattern. 24.DRAMATIC IRONY—When the audience knows something all of some of the characters do not 25.FORESHADOWING—Clues or h ...
... 23.IAMBIC PENTAMETER—A metrical pattern of five unstressed syllables, each one followed by a stressed syllable. The pattern is not perfect; sometimes there are breaks in the pattern. 24.DRAMATIC IRONY—When the audience knows something all of some of the characters do not 25.FORESHADOWING—Clues or h ...
Poetry Notes for Students in High School
... The second large category, the lyric, is used to convey feelings, emotions, impressions or ideals. These poems will not have explicit settings and plots, like narrative poetry will. Yet, there will appear to be a story behind the poem. Something has occurred and this something forms the context for ...
... The second large category, the lyric, is used to convey feelings, emotions, impressions or ideals. These poems will not have explicit settings and plots, like narrative poetry will. Yet, there will appear to be a story behind the poem. Something has occurred and this something forms the context for ...
glossary of literary terms
... DRAMATIC IRONY A reader or an audience perceives something that a character in the story or play does not know. EPIGRAM A short witty statement in prose or verse. Here are two examples: A man being [is] sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through f ...
... DRAMATIC IRONY A reader or an audience perceives something that a character in the story or play does not know. EPIGRAM A short witty statement in prose or verse. Here are two examples: A man being [is] sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through f ...
Je Suis ein Americano
... Thus, a poet can “say the same thing” on a semantic level while spinning the message in any variety of ways: pregnant is also knocked-up, gravid, expecting, bun in the oven, one on the way, great with child , and so on and so on. Few poems illustrate the multiple and practical implications (or dilem ...
... Thus, a poet can “say the same thing” on a semantic level while spinning the message in any variety of ways: pregnant is also knocked-up, gravid, expecting, bun in the oven, one on the way, great with child , and so on and so on. Few poems illustrate the multiple and practical implications (or dilem ...
“The Poet” by Tom Wayman (1989)
... poets I think. I think accessible just means that the reader can walk into the poem without difficulty. The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But the real question is what happens to the reader once he or she gets inside the poem? That's the real question for me, is getting the re ...
... poets I think. I think accessible just means that the reader can walk into the poem without difficulty. The poem is not, as someone put it, deflective of entry. But the real question is what happens to the reader once he or she gets inside the poem? That's the real question for me, is getting the re ...
Poetry
... Economy of words, therefore, is another characteristic of poetry. Long poems that tell stories are called narrative poems. A ballad is a form of a narrative poem. An epic poem also tells a story, but usually it involves a legendary hero and tells about his heroic deeds. Even narrative poems, however ...
... Economy of words, therefore, is another characteristic of poetry. Long poems that tell stories are called narrative poems. A ballad is a form of a narrative poem. An epic poem also tells a story, but usually it involves a legendary hero and tells about his heroic deeds. Even narrative poems, however ...
Pre 1914 Poems Revision
... for "seven years", and paid back "on the just day". (When the poet develops an image in this way, we may call it an extended metaphor.) The last two lines are memorable - a quite complex idea is packed neatly into two rhyming lines, an effect we call an epigram. (The couplet is at the same time both ...
... for "seven years", and paid back "on the just day". (When the poet develops an image in this way, we may call it an extended metaphor.) The last two lines are memorable - a quite complex idea is packed neatly into two rhyming lines, an effect we call an epigram. (The couplet is at the same time both ...
LITERARY ANALYSIS Just as painters express ideas and feelings
... Inversion---Typical sentence patterns are reversed to create emphasis or a rhythmic effect. “In California grows the oranges.” Repetition---Words, sounds and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis. “…government of the people, by the people, for the people shall no ...
... Inversion---Typical sentence patterns are reversed to create emphasis or a rhythmic effect. “In California grows the oranges.” Repetition---Words, sounds and ideas are used more than once to enhance rhythm and to create emphasis. “…government of the people, by the people, for the people shall no ...
D - Burlington High School English Department
... and say he was sorry, but I had to learn the hidden cost of every wasted page. My mother’s room smelled faintly of cologne and medicine. Surrounded by her books, she’d lay in bed with all the blinds pulled down, pretending she was talking on the phone. She used to joke about our firing Cook but stil ...
... and say he was sorry, but I had to learn the hidden cost of every wasted page. My mother’s room smelled faintly of cologne and medicine. Surrounded by her books, she’d lay in bed with all the blinds pulled down, pretending she was talking on the phone. She used to joke about our firing Cook but stil ...
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old
... • Worse, the gas attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucus membrane. • The pain was almost beyond endurance and most victims had to be strapped to their beds. • Death took up to four or five weeks. ...
... • Worse, the gas attacked the bronchial tubes, stripping off the mucus membrane. • The pain was almost beyond endurance and most victims had to be strapped to their beds. • Death took up to four or five weeks. ...
Reading, Writing and Reciting Poetry
... private experience of his own. The reader's interpretation may differ from the author's and be equally valid-- it may even be better. There may be much more in a poem than the author was aware of. The different interpretations may all be partial formulations of one thing; the ambiguities may be due ...
... private experience of his own. The reader's interpretation may differ from the author's and be equally valid-- it may even be better. There may be much more in a poem than the author was aware of. The different interpretations may all be partial formulations of one thing; the ambiguities may be due ...
Arnold`s "Dover Beach" presents the reader with a virtual journey
... literary values of this period. In many of these works one can sense the new worth placed on intuition and spontaneity. Second, perhaps, only to Shakespeare, William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is generally considered one of the greatest sonneteers. Writing over five hundred sonnets (mostly the early one ...
... literary values of this period. In many of these works one can sense the new worth placed on intuition and spontaneity. Second, perhaps, only to Shakespeare, William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is generally considered one of the greatest sonneteers. Writing over five hundred sonnets (mostly the early one ...
senior english summer reading
... pertaining to the student and her family should be filled out—names, addresses, schools attended, name of guidance counselor, etc. Students should also have completed a typed first draft of their college application essay. The easiest way to do all this is by attending Mrs. Connolly’s college applic ...
... pertaining to the student and her family should be filled out—names, addresses, schools attended, name of guidance counselor, etc. Students should also have completed a typed first draft of their college application essay. The easiest way to do all this is by attending Mrs. Connolly’s college applic ...
Packet of Poems for Analysis
... poem, and it’s wise to seek an understanding of that moment. Sometimes the job of the poem is to come closer to saying what cannot be said in other forms of writing, to suggest an experience, idea, or feeling that you can know but not entirely express in any direct or literal way. The techniques of ...
... poem, and it’s wise to seek an understanding of that moment. Sometimes the job of the poem is to come closer to saying what cannot be said in other forms of writing, to suggest an experience, idea, or feeling that you can know but not entirely express in any direct or literal way. The techniques of ...
Reviewing poetic techniques
... behaviour which shows the worst side of people. “The Colour Bar! It shows the meaner mind of moron kind,” suggests that racist people are ignorant. Another metaphor, “Justice a cant of hypocrites, content with precedent,” shows the poet’s opinion that some people who are supposedly ‘Christian’ are c ...
... behaviour which shows the worst side of people. “The Colour Bar! It shows the meaner mind of moron kind,” suggests that racist people are ignorant. Another metaphor, “Justice a cant of hypocrites, content with precedent,” shows the poet’s opinion that some people who are supposedly ‘Christian’ are c ...
does the sea actually come suddenly around the cape or appear to?
... Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. ...
... Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. ...
English 12 Glossary
... story, for example, Adam and Eve's biting into the apple in the story of the Garden of Eden, Snow White's kiss from Prince Charming or Ponyboy's reading of Johnny's last letter in The Outsiders. Colloquial: a term used to describe the common everyday speech style of a region or social group. Colloqu ...
... story, for example, Adam and Eve's biting into the apple in the story of the Garden of Eden, Snow White's kiss from Prince Charming or Ponyboy's reading of Johnny's last letter in The Outsiders. Colloquial: a term used to describe the common everyday speech style of a region or social group. Colloqu ...
A Sliver Of Liver
... Of that quivery shivery livery pile, There may not be nearly enough. Just a sliver you say? No thanks, not today. Tomorrow I really can’t say; But today I would sooner eat slivers of glass, Eat the tail of a skunk washed down with gas, Eat slivers of sidewalks and slivers of swings, Slivers and Sliv ...
... Of that quivery shivery livery pile, There may not be nearly enough. Just a sliver you say? No thanks, not today. Tomorrow I really can’t say; But today I would sooner eat slivers of glass, Eat the tail of a skunk washed down with gas, Eat slivers of sidewalks and slivers of swings, Slivers and Sliv ...
Jabberwocky
""Jabberwocky"" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll and included in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, a sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book tells of Alice's adventures within the back-to-front world of a looking glass.In an early scene in which she first encounters the chess piece characters White King and White Queen, Alice finds a book written in a seemingly unintelligible language. Realising that she is travelling through an inverted world, she recognises that the verses on the pages are written in mirror-writing. She holds a mirror to one of the poems, and reads the reflected verse of ""Jabberwocky"". She finds the nonsense verse as puzzling as the odd land she has passed into, later revealed as a dreamscape.""Jabberwocky"" is considered one of the greatest nonsense poems written in English. Its playful, whimsical language has given English nonsense words and neologisms such as ""galumphing"" and ""chortle"".