Definition: An arrangement of words in a rhythmic pattern.
Example: And the sound of the voice that is still.
Significance: Meter helps find the rhythm in a poem.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Rhyme
Definition: Identity of words mostly at the end of the word or line.
Example: Hes not a normal dog.
Hid fur is the color of a log.
Significance: I makes the poem have a better flow in words.
Example: Hes not a normal dog.
Hid fur is the color of a log.
Significance: I makes the poem have a better flow in words.
Rhythm
Definition: A rhythm is the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Example: When the dog bites.
When the bee stings.
When i'm feeling sad.
Significance: Rhythm helps you verify the stress and unstressed parts in a poem.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Onomatopoeia
Definition: It is a group of words that are used to make a sound.
Example: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Example: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Significance: It helps you understand how something sounds.
Personification
Imagery
Definition: When an author describes an action or feeling with one of the five senses.
Example: You can hear the screech from the nails rubbing on the chalkboard.
Significance: It makes the poem seem more real and makes the reader relate to the poem better.
Example: You can hear the screech from the nails rubbing on the chalkboard.
Significance: It makes the poem seem more real and makes the reader relate to the poem better.
Simile
Definition: A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.
Example: Laughs like a hyena.
Significance: Similes are important because they make the poem seem more real.
Example: Laughs like a hyena.
Significance: Similes are important because they make the poem seem more real.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Repitition
Definition: The definition of repitition is to repeat the same word multiple times in a poem.
Example: If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating.
Significance: It is significant because it shows that the author is trying to emphasize a specific point.
Example: If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating.
Significance: It is significant because it shows that the author is trying to emphasize a specific point.
Tone
Definiton: The tone is the way that you say something and you can tell the way that you are feeling with a certain tone.
Example:Words of wisdom
come to my ears,
Telling me what I know in my heart,
But never wanted to hear.
Significance: The significance of tone is that tone lets you know how the poet was feeling when writting the poem.
Example:Words of wisdom
come to my ears,
Telling me what I know in my heart,
But never wanted to hear.
Significance: The significance of tone is that tone lets you know how the poet was feeling when writting the poem.
Interpretation
Definition: Interpretation is the way that you see something to make it more clear.
Example: The way that we interpreted oh captain my captain is that we said Abraham Lincoln is the captain.
Example: The way that we interpreted oh captain my captain is that we said Abraham Lincoln is the captain.
Significance: The significance of interpretation is that it helps you understand the poem more clearly.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Metaphor
Metaphor: A term or phrase that is not literal but shows a symbol or a message.
Extended Metaphor: It is an idea that is built upon a metaphor.
Example: How did your test go.
Your test cannot technically get up and go anywhere so this is a metaphor.
Significance: The significance of a metaphor is that it helps describe an idea in a unique way.
Extended Metaphor: It is an idea that is built upon a metaphor.
Example: How did your test go.
Your test cannot technically get up and go anywhere so this is a metaphor.
Significance: The significance of a metaphor is that it helps describe an idea in a unique way.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Speaker
Definition: The speaker is the point of view that the poem is written in. It doesn't always have to be the author.
Example: 1st person: When I wake up in the morning
Example: 1st person: When I wake up in the morning
I am like a grouchy grizzly bear.
2nd person:When you wake up in the morning
You are like a grouchy grizzly bear.
You are like a grouchy grizzly bear.
Significance: The significance of the speaker is so that you can see the point of view that author wanted to show.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Symbol
Defintition: A symbol is a message that is put in the poem to express the authors feelings.
Significace: It lets you know how the author was feeling when he or she made the poem.
Example: Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.Significace: It lets you know how the author was feeling when he or she made the poem.
Couplet
Definition: It is a group of two lines that has to ryhme.
Example:Cheese is a food.
I’m in a cheese mood.
Example:Cheese is a food.
I’m in a cheese mood.
Significance: Couplets are important because it puts ryhmes in a poem. Having ryhmes in a poem is a certain type of poetry.
Stanza
Definition; It is a group of lines in a poem. Somewhat like a paragraph.
Example: Memory is a fragile thing;
A bee’s honey, and its sting.
Significance: This term is important to poetry because it groups poems into a certain order so it makes the poem look more neat instead of it being all in one bunch.
Example: Memory is a fragile thing;
A bee’s honey, and its sting.
Significance: This term is important to poetry because it groups poems into a certain order so it makes the poem look more neat instead of it being all in one bunch.
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