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Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices. Yup, we’ve got to know ‘em!. Metaphor. An analogy between two objects or ideas Often known as a direct comparison between two objects or ideas Example: “I am a rock. I am an island.” – Simon & Garfunkel “ Be my mirror my sword and shield .” – Coldplay (Chris Martin)

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Poetic Devices

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  1. Poetic Devices Yup, we’ve got to know ‘em!

  2. Metaphor • An analogy between two objects or ideas • Often known as a direct comparison between two objects or ideas Example: “I am a rock. I am an island.” – Simon & Garfunkel “Be my mirror my sword and shield.” – Coldplay (Chris Martin) “Life is a zoo in a jungle.” – Peter De Vries

  3. Simile • A figure of speech comparing two unlike things, using “like” or “as” • Allows the two ideas to remain distinct in spite of their similarities Example: “Tasty like a raindrop.” – Roxette (Annie Lennox) “Happy as a clam in mud.” – Anonymous “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus.” – Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)

  4. Assonance • The repetition of vowel sounds • Doesn’t have to be the same vowel • Creates internal rhyming within phrases or sentences Example: “Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground.” – Pink Floyd “I’ve never seen so many Dominican women with cinnamon tans.” – Will Smith (Miami) “The murmuring of innumerable bees.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson

  5. Consonance • The repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession Example: "pitterpatter” - Anonymous “All mammals named Sam are clammy” - Anonymous

  6. Consonance, cont. Half Rhyme • The final consonants of the words • Really common in rap and hip hop music Example: "Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile/Whether Jew or gentile I rank top percentile. Many styles. More powerful than gamma rays my grammar pays like Carlos Santana plays” - Fugees

  7. Consonance, cont. Alliteration • Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” – Nursery rhyme Almost all of Stan Lee’s comic book characters

  8. Stan Lee’s Characters Major Characters: • Bruce Banner (aka The Incredible Hulk) • Curt Connors (aka The Lizard) • Daredevil • Doctor Doom • Fantastic Four • Green Goblin • J. Jonah Jameson (wife was Joan Jameson) • J. Jonah Jameson, Jr. (married Marla Madison) • Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil) • Otto Octavius (Doc Oc) • Pepper Potts – Iron Man • Peter Parker (aka Spiderman) • Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic) • Scott Summers (aka Cyclops) • Silver Surfer • Sue Storm (aka The invisible Woman) • Victor Von Doom (aka Doctor Doom) • Warren Worthington III (aka Angel)

  9. Stan Lee’s Characters Secondary Characters: From Spiderman: • Betty Brant (has a brother Bennett) • Cletus Kasady (aka Carnage) • Frederick Foswell • Great Gambonnos • Man Mountain Marko • Masked Marauder • Molten Man • Princess Python • Randy Robertson • Sinister Six • Spencer Smythe • Spider-Slayer • From Fantastic Four: • Black Bolt • Frightful Four • Gregory Gideon • Mole Man • Molecule Man • Others: • Fin Fang Foom – Strange Tails • Grey Gargoyle – Journey Into Mystery • Samuel “Happy Sam” Sawyer – Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos • Jonathon “Junior” Juniper – Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos • Metal Master – The Incredible Hulk • Robert “Rebel” Ralston – Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos • Steven Strange (aka Doctor Strange) – Strange Tales • From The Avengers: • Dredmund the Druid • Dum Dum Dugan • Happy Hogan (Iron Man’s chauffeur) • Kang the Conqueror • Living Laser • Madame Masque • Mogul the Mystic Mountain

  10. Consonance, cont. Alliteration • Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” – Nursery rhyme Almost all of Stan Lee’s comic book characters Many professional sports teams

  11. Sports Teams • NBA: • New Jersey Nets • New York Knickerbockers (Knicks) • Cleveland Cavaliers • Washington Wizards • Los Angeles Lakers • San Antonio Spurs • Past NBA: • Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings) • Kansas City Kings (now Sacramento Kings) • New York Nets • Buffalo Bisons (now Atlanta Hawks) • Seattle Supersonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder) • Buffalo Braves (now Los Angeles Clippers) NHL: • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins • Boston Bruins • San Jose Sharks Past NHL: • Montreal Maroons MLB (Baseball): • New York Yankees • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • Miami Marlins (used to be Florida Marlins) • Philadelphia Phillies • Chicago Cubs (sorta) • Pittsburgh Pirates Past MLB: • Anaheim Angels (now Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) • Boston Beaneaters, Boston Braves, Boston Bees (now Atlanta Braves) • Chicago Colts (now Chicago Cubs)

  12. Consonance, cont. Alliteration • Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” – Nursery rhyme Almost all of Stan Lee’s comic book characters Many professional sports teams Opening monologue – V for Vendetta

  13. Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the voxpopuli, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.

  14. Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics

  15. Onomatopoeia • A word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes • Often known as “sound words” • Common occurrences include animal noises Example: “Snap. Crackle. Pop.” – Rice Krispies “Biff! Whoop! Ka-Wham! Pow!” – Batman (70’s TV series) Marvel Comics has trademarked two words of their own invention: thwip! (Spider-Man’s web shooter) and snikt! (the switchblade-sound of Wolverine's claws locking into place)

  16. Personification • When a non-human “thing” is given human qualities • You can personify objects • Your computer hates me • You can personify concepts • Time marches on • You can personify animals • This one’s tricky!! • The birds expressed their joy (????) Finis

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