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Poetry: An Introduction

Poetry: An Introduction. “Poetry is the search for the inexplicable” - Wallace Stevens . QW 1. What type of music do you listen to the most? Why do you think you are most drawn to that genre? What’s your favorite song and why? (5-7 complete sentences) . Poetry terms .

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Poetry: An Introduction

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  1. Poetry: An Introduction “Poetry is the search for the inexplicable” - Wallace Stevens

  2. QW 1 • What type of music do you listen to the most? Why do you think you are most drawn to that genre? What’s your favorite song and why? (5-7 complete sentences)

  3. Poetry terms • Stanza: Group of lines forming a unit in a poem. • Symbol: Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. • Metaphor: a type of figurative language in which a comparison is made between two things that are essentially unalike but may have one quality in common • Figure of speech: When words are used to create an effect, often where they do not have their original or literal meaning (genre of speech that includes metaphors, similes etc. • Allusion: a reference to other literature, the Bible, history, or well-known characters, people or events

  4. A few more terms… • Alliteration: a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds, such as Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers, etc. • Imagery: The use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses; writers use sensory details to help readers imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste • Simile: A comparison between two otherwise unlike objects or ideas by connecting them with the words "like”, “than” or "as” • Hyperbole: a figure of speech that is a grossly exaggerated description or statement

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