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POETRY
UNIT
KEY TERMINOLOGY
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
FORM?
A: The way a
poem looks on
a page.
EXAMPLE OF THE FORM: SONNET

Sonnet 18
By William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest;
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
LINES?
A: A row of
words in a
poem.
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
STANZAS?
A: Groups of lines.
Sometimes
arranged in
patterns,
sometimes not.
I Love To Write Poems
(First Stanza)
I love to write
What would my heart do
But cry, sigh and be blue
If I could not write
(Second Stanza)
Writing feels good
And I know it should
Who could have knew
That what I do
Is write, write, write
-
Unknown Author
EXAMPLE
Day and night
What
does a
stanza
look
like?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
FREE VERSE?
A: Poetry not
written in a
strict pattern.
EXAMPLE
Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
What
does
free
verse
look
like?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
SOUND?
A:The musical
qualities of a
poem.
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
RHYME?
A: The repetition
of similar sounds
at the ends of
words.
There Was An Old Woman
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn't know what to do!
So she gave them some broth without any bread,
And she whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed!
EXAMPLE
What
does
rhyme
look
like?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
RHYTHM?
A: A pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables in a
poem.
Stressed syllables ( ′ ) are
read with more emphasis.
Unstressed syllables ( ˘ )
are read with less emphasis.
/
/ u u /uu
/
u /u
/u
Darth Vader decided to crush the rebel soldier.
DARTH VAder deCIDed to CRUSH the REBel
SOLDier.
/
/
/u
/u / u / u /u
/ u
EXAMPLE
Rhythm in writing is like the beat in
music. In poetry, rhythm implies
that certain words are produced
more forcefully than others, and may
be held for longer duration.
Luke Skywalker will rebel against his father's wishes.
LUKE SKYWALKer WILL reBEL aGAINST his FATHer's
WISHes.
What
does
rhythm
look
like?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
REPETITION?
A: The use of sounds,
words, phrases, or whole
lines more than once.
May be used to
emphasize an idea or
feeling.
Humpty Dumpty
- Mother Goose
EXAMPLE
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again
What does
repetition
look like?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
IMAGERY?
A: Words and phrases
that appeal to the
reader’s five senses –
sight, hearing, smell,
taste, and touch.

From the family tree of old school hip hop
Kick off your shoes and relax your socks
The rhymes will spread just like a pox
Cause the music is live like an electric shock
--Beastie Boys "Intergalactic"
From Hello Nasty
EXAMPLE
Imagery allows a writer to show
what she means instead of just
telling someone. When you write
your poem,
remember: Show! Don‘t Tell!
What is
an
example
of
imagery?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
A: Words and phrases that
present ordinary things in
new and unusual ways.
Similes, metaphors, and
personification are common
types of figurative language.
Figurative language uses "figures of
speech" - a way of saying something
other than the literal meaning of the
words.
 For example:

EXAMPLE
"All the world's a stage“
 “No pain, no gain.”
 “He was a strong as a horse.”

What is an
example of
figurative
language?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
SIMILE?
A: A comparison of
two things that have
something in common
using the word like or
as.
He was as blind as a bat

He was as strong as a horse

She swam like a mermaid
EXAMPLE

What is
an
example
of
simile?
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
METAPHOR?
A: A comparison
that does NOT
contain the word
like or as.
 Life
is a journey.
 The goalkeeper was a rock.
 My brother is a pig.
What is an
example of
metaphor?
EXAMPLE
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PERSONIFICATION?
A:
Figurative language
in which an animal,
object, or idea is given
human qualities.
The popcorn leapt out of the bowl.
 When the DVD went on sale, it flew
off the shelves.
 I tripped because the curb jumped
out in front of me.

What is an
example of
personification?
EXAMPLE
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
TONE?
A: The poet’s attitude
toward his or her
subject.
ex: serious, sad,
humorous, angry
Q: WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
SPEAKER?
A: The voice of the poem, the person who seems to
be saying the words.
* Not necessarily the poet; He/she
could be a character in the poem.