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Poetic moments…. A guide to writing poetry . Poetic Terminology. Read the examples on each of the following slides. As each slide appears write down on a sheet of looseleaf what poetic term you think the example is representing.
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Poetic moments… A guide to writing poetry
Poetic Terminology • Read the examples on each of the following slides. As each slide appears write down on a sheet of looseleaf what poetic term you think the example is representing. • Answers will be reviewed and discussed after all students have written their answers.
Definition: Comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’. Ex. Your hair is as golden as the sun.
The personality of a speaker coming through the piece of work/poem.
The character in poetry who speaks to the audience /also called the speaker.
The most common metre in English poetry. Consists of five feet. Each of which consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. • da Da/ da Da/ da Da/ da Da/ da Da • Ex. Two houses both alike in dignity In fair Verona where we lay our scene…
Effective word choice • Ex. Cry vs. Weep • Ex. Yell vs. Shriek • Ex. Burp vs. Belch
A recurring phrase or set of lines, typically at the end of stanzas
Comparison without using ‘like’ or ‘as’ • Ex. She has a heart of gold.
Any form of poetic rhythm determined by the number and length of feet in a line. • A foot is a group of syllables that make up a unit into a metre.
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of nearby or closely connected words. • Ex. Bob the busy beaver bravely betrothed beautiful Bertha. • Ex. Frank the fish was found phishing the internet for friends.
A pair of lines (one after another) which have the same metre, and typically rhyme (rhyming_______________). • Ex. Chorus1 Two households, both alike in dignity,2 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,3 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,4 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.5 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes6 A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;7 Whose misadventured piteous overthrows8 Do with their death bury their parents' strife.9 The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,10 And the continuance of their parents' rage,11 Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,12 Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;13 The which if you with patient ears attend,14 What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
A reference to a person, place, or event (usually from history, mythology, or another work of literature) that is meant to help the audience who is familiar with that reference to understand the actual text better. • Ex. Wake up tired, Monday mornings suck,It's way too early to catch a bus,Why conform without a fuss,Daddy Daddy, no, I don't wanna go to school, woo!I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare,Meet Juliet or Benvolio,Feel for once what it's like to rebel now,I wanna break out, let's go!Teachers treat us all like clones,Sit up straight, take off your headphones,I don't blame them, they get paid,Money money, woo, lot's of money money, woo!I don't need to read Billy Shakespeare,Meet Juliet or Benvolio,Feel for once what it's like to rebel now,I wanna break out, let's go!
The repetition of the same or similar consonants in neighbouring words (not at the beginning of the word). • Ex. Coming home • Ex. Middle/Muddle • Ex. Hot/ foot • Ex. Cold food
The way a poem is organized on the page in terms of stanzas, line length, etc.
Conscious exaggeration (aware that you are exaggerating) to create a dramatic effect. • Ex. I’m so mad I could kill you! • Ex. I’ve gone to that mall a million times.
Sound words that reflect the meaning of the word • Ex. Gurgle • Ex. Crack • Ex. Boing
The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of neighbouring words. • Ex. Pale Faces • Ex. Clean Teen
A pattern of sounds that seem to have the same number of beats in each line or from stanza to stanza. • Ex. He did not come in the dawning; he did not come at noon; And out o' the tawny sunset, before the rise o' the moon, When the road was a gypsy's ribbon, looping the purple moor, A red-coat troop came marching— Marching—marching— King George's men came matching, up to the old inn-door. • II • They said no word to the landlord, they drank his ale instead, But they gagged his daughter and bound her to the foot of her narrow bed; Two of them knelt at her casement, with muskets at their side! There was death at every window; And hell at one dark window; For Bess could see, through her casement, the road that he would ride. • III • They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest; They had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast! "Now, keep good watch!" and they kissed her. She heard the dead man say— Look for me by moonlight;Watch for me by moonlight;I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!
Words that sound the same • Ex. Ran/Can/ Ban • Ex. Slip/Trip/ Drip
A play on words; humor is created by using one word to replace another word that sounds the same but has a different meaning. • Ex. The sun of Rome has set. • Ex. Police were called to a daycare where a 3-year-old was resisting a rest.
A group of lines forming a section of a poem, sharing the same structure as all or some of the other sections of the same poem (line length, rhyme scheme, etc.)
An object, person, or color that is meant to represent another key idea. • Ex. Heart = Love • Ex. Joined hands = friendship • Ex. Black rose = death
The author’s attitude/feelings towards the subject that he or she is writing about.
The feeling that the audience gets when they read a piece of literature.
A type of irony that develops when the audience expects one thing to happen, and then the opposite happens.
