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+ Poetry Unit 12 Vocabulary Slide 2 + Simile (n.) Compares two unlike things using like or as Slide 3 + Metaphor (n.) Compares two unlike things by stating one thing is another Slide 4 + Personification (n.) Gives human characteristics to a nonhuman subject Slide 5 + Imagery (n.) The formation of mental images that appeal to the five scenes Slide 6 + Symbol (n.) An object or idea that represents something other than itself Slide 7 + Theme (n.) A central message about life or humans in a literary work Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert FrostTheme: Nothing Nothing Gold Can StayLasts Forever Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Slide 8 + Line (n.) A row of words on a page Slide 9 + Stanza (n.) A group of lines of poetry that are similar in length and separated by spaces Slide 10 + Tone (n.) A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert FrostTone: Sad Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Slide 11 + Figurative Language (n.) Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally Im so hungry I could eat a horse!