What is poetry?
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Format
Poetry is arranged in lines and stanzas
Lines may or may not form a complete sentence
Stanzas are a group of lines forming a unit and separated from the next stanza by a line of space
Figurative Language
Poems use figurative language– a word or expression that is not literally true but expresses a point
Types of Figurative Language
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Imagery
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Idioms
Rhyme and Rhythm
The term rhyme scheme refers to the rhyming pattern of a poem
Each end sound is assigned its own letter
Example
Roses are red a
Violets are blue b
Sugar is sweet c
So are you b
Example
Twinkle twinkle little star a
How I wonder what you are a
Up above the world so high b
Like a diamond in the sky b
Twinkle, twinkle little star a
How I wonder what you are a
Free Verse
Poetry without a fixed pattern of rhyme or rhythm
Tone
An author’s attitude towards his/her subject matter
Shown through word choice, figurative language, etc.
Mood
The emotional quality that a reader feels based on an author’s tone
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