Poetry Terms
February 3, 2014
Simile
• a comparison using “like” or “as”.
• “The referee cost us the game. He was as blind as a bat!”
Metaphor
• a direct comparison where one thing is another; no “like” or “as”
• The Auburn Maroons Volleyball team were tigers last night, mauling their opponents.
Hyperbole
• an extreme exaggeration
Why does Charlie, who’s fast as a jet, take all day to get to school?
Personification
• Giving a human quality, to something non-human
• “Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.”
Symbol
• Writing which represents something beyond itself
Alliteration
the repetition of a consonant sound to start a series of words
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
See Sally sell seashells by the seashore.
The pleasant Prince pleaded for peace.
Big bees buzz by Bob's bushes.
End Rhyme
• the repetition of similar sounds or words at the end of a line
Maybe, Christmas doesn’t come from a store, Maybe, perhaps Christmas, means a little bit more!
Internal Rhyme
• the repetition of similar sounds or words within the line
• Its best, i guess, two profread carefuly for erors.
Imagery
• Highly descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.
Onomatopoeia
• use of words whose sound suggest their meaning
Rhythm
• the sound or beat of the poem
Refrain
• a line repeated at the end of each stanza
• Old McDonald had a farm…
Repetition
• a word or group of words repeated throughout a poem
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Haiku Poems (5, 7, 5)
• A poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five
SunflowersSunflower grow tall (5)Lift your head to bright sunshine (7)Mother Nature’s child (5)
Free Verse Poems
• Poems that do not follow patterns of rhyme and rhythm
Rhymes
• Poems that contain predictable end/internal rhyme schemes.
Stanza
• the lines of a poem grouped by one main idea; similar to a paragraph in prose.
“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” ~Carl Sandburg
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