Vocabulary

1. Allusion:◦ A reference to a well-known

person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

2. Ballad:◦ A song-like poem that tells

a story3. Blank Verse:

◦ Poetry written in unrhymed, ten-syllable lines

4. Concrete Poem:◦ A poem with a shape that

suggests its subject5.Free Verse:

◦ Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter

6. Haiku: A three-lined Japanese

verse

7. Image:◦ A word or phrase that

appeals to one or more of the five senses

8. Lyric Poem:◦ Highly musical verse that

expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker

9. Mood:◦ The feeling created in the reader by a

literary work

10. Narrative Poem:◦ A story told in verse11. Refrain:◦ A regularly repeated line or group of lines

in a poem

12. Repetition:◦ The use, more than once, of any element

of language

16. Refrain:◦ A regularly repeated line or group of lines in

a poem

17. Repetition:◦ The use, more than once, of any element of

language

18. Rhyme:◦ Repetition of sounds at the end of words

19. Rhyme Scheme: A regular pattern of rhyming

words in a poem

20. Rhythm:◦ Pattern of beats or

stresses in spoken or written language

21. Stanza:◦ A formal division of lines

in a poem considered as a unit

Humor & Poetry

Humor in poetry can arise from a number of sources:

Surprise Exaggeration Bringing together of

unrelated things Most funny poems have

two things in common: Rhythm Rhyme

Using more spirited language makes humorous situations even more humorous

“The Porcupine”By Ogden Nash

Any hound a porcupine nudgesCan’t be blamed for harboring grudges.

I know one hound that laughed all winter

At a porcupine that sat on a splinter.

Any hound that touches a porcupineCan’t be blamed for holding a grudge

I know one hound that laughed all winter long

At a porcupine that sat on a piece of wood

A limerick is a poem of five lines The first, second, and fifth lines have

three rhythmic beats and rhyme with one another.

The third and fourth lines have two beats and rhyme with one another.

They are always light-hearted, humorous poems.

There once was a man with no hair.He gave everyone quite a scare.

He got some Rogaine,Grew out a mane,

And now he resembles a bear!

I wish that my room had a floor,I don’t care so much for a door.

But this walking aroundWithout touching the groundIs getting to be quite a bore.

There once was a very small mouseWho lived in a very small house,

The ocean’s sprayWashed it away,

All that was left was her blouse!

There once was a man from Beijing.All his life he hoped to be King.

So he put on a crown,Which quickly fell down.

That small silly man from Beijing.

There once was a _____ from _____.All the while she/he hoped ________.

So she/he ____________________,And ________________________,

That _________ from ___________.

There once was a man from Japan.All the while he hoped for a tan.

So he lay on the beach,And ate a ripe peach,

That came from a Georgia van.