Poetry

1. Poetry • Literature that uses concise, musical, and emotionally charged language. Poems are divided into lines and stanzas.

2. Stanza • A group of lines of poetry that work together as a unit of meaning • Equivalent to a paragraph in a prose text

3. Free Form/Verse • A poem that does not have a regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm or a set number of lines per stanza. It attempts to capture the rhythm of ordinary speech.

4. Fixed Form • A poem that has a regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm or a set number of lines per stanza.

5. Speaker • Speaker- the imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem. In most poems the speaker is not identified by name. When reading a poem, remember that the poet and the speaker are NOT the same.

6. Lyric Poem • A poem in which a single speaker expresses observations and feelings about a subject or experience.

7. simile • Simile – a comparison between two unlike things that uses like or as • My love is like a red, red rose

8. metaphor • Metaphor – a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another • Your mouth, a poppy

9. imagery • Imagery – specific, descriptive language that appeals to any of the five senses • A host of golden daffodils

10. theme • Theme – the central idea in a work of literature, the message or moral an author wishes to convey to the reader

11. Tone • The writer’s attitude toward his subject

12. Extended Metaphor • Extended Metaphor – An extended metaphor differs from a regular metaphor in that several comparisons are made. The comparisons are sustained throughout the entire poem.

13. Speaker • Who is the speaker in this poem?

14. Tone • What is the tone of this poem? • Identify words and phrases that create the tone • Identify the place where the tone changes.

15. Siren

16. Femme Fatale

17. Sonnet • Sonnet p. 1019 • Quatrain p. 1019 • Couplet p. 1019

18. Rhyme • Rhyme p. 1017 • Rhyme Scheme p. 1017 abab cdcd efef gg

19. rhyme • Repetition of sounds at the ends of words • End rhyme comes at the ends of lines of poetry • Internal rhyme occurs within a line of poetry

20. Rhyme scheme • A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem • The pattern is indicated by using different letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme

21. Stanza • Stanza p. 1019 • A group of lines of poetry considered as a unit • Major divisions in a poem • How many stanzas are in this poem?

22. Speaker • Speaker p. 1019 • Who is the speaker in this poem?

23. Tone • Tone p. 1019 • What is the tone of this poem?

24. One Perfect Rose • Lyric poem • Stanza • Symbol • Speaker • Rhyme Scheme

25. Refrain • Refrain p. 1017

26. Speaker • Speaker p. 1019 • Who is the speaker in this poem?

27. Tone • Tone p. 1019 • What is the tone of this poem?

28. Giving Up Smoking • Speaker • Tone • Rhyme Scheme • Theme • Lyric poem

29. Valentine • Free verse p. 1010 • Speaker • Tone

30. A Negro Love Song • Dialect • Speaker • Refrain • Call and Response

31. Ode al Secreto Amor • Imagery (Image) p. 1011 • Paradox p. 1015 • Metaphor

32. assonance • The repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry • Fruit Loops

33. Onomatopoeia • Words that imitate sounds snap, crackle, pop

34. simile • A comparison between two unlike things using like or as

35. mood • The feeling created in the reader by a literary work • Also called atmosphere

36. literal & figurative language • Literal Meaning – using a term in its strictest, most concrete, sense; meaning exactly what you say • Figurative Meaning – using words in a nonliteral or unusual sense; meaning something beyond what you say eye of a needle

37. Dramatic Monologue • Poetry that incorporates the techniques of drama. • A poem or speech in which a fictional character addresses the listener.

38. alliteration • The repetition of initial consonant sounds • Cap’n Crunch