Poetry: Terms, Devices, and Figurative Language
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PoetryTerms and Devices
What is Poetry?
A form of literature that uses images, rhythm, and symbolism to evoke emotion within the reader
Has a lyrical style, as opposed to a prose style (regular writing)
Langston Hughes
Image Credit: Literary Fiction
Poetic Terms
Stanza
Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Imagery
Figurative Language
Image Credit: Word Is Bond
Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest
Stanza
Stanza: a section of a poem.Think of it as the poem’s “paragraph”.
Example: The tree is green.I haven’t seenThe sun in days,As the tree waves.
I never knew,A sky so blue.What’s up with that,Cool rhyming cat?
Stanza 1:
Stanza 2:
Rhyme
Rhyme: when the ends of words have the same sound.
Example:Balloon rhymes with Cartoon
Rhymes create a lyrical effect in a poem
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme Scheme: the pattern in which rhymes are laid out in a poem
Example: The tree is green.I haven’t seenThe sun in days,As the tree sways.
I never knew,A sky so blue.What’s up with that,Cool rhyming cat?
AABB
CCDD
The tree is green.I never knew,I haven’t seenA sky so blue.
What’s up with that?Hot sunny blaze.Cool rhyming cat?It spend its days.
ABAB
CDCD
Imagery
Imagery: Visually descriptive language
Figurative language helps to create imagery
Appeals to the FIVE SENSES:
Sight
Smell
Taste
Sound
Touch
Image Credit: Ms. Clark English Blog
PoetryFigurative Language
Figurative Language
Figurative Language: Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different that its literal interpretation.
Example: “Know the ropes.”Literal Meaning: Knowing how to tie different kinds of knots with different ropes.
Figurative Meaning: Knowing how to do something.
Figurative Language Types
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Idiom Image Credit: Flickr
Simile
A comparison that uses “like” or “as”
Examples:He eats like a pig!
He’s as tall as a giraffe!
Image Credit: Daily Mail
Metaphor
A comparison that doesn’t uses “like” or “as”
Examples:I am an island.
He’s a rock.
Image Credit: Private Islands Magazine
Alliteration
A series of words that uses the same first sound (not letter).
Non-Example: The cyclist carries chocolate.
Example:Please put your pen away and play the piano.
Goodness, the globe got going and galloped.
Personification
Giving human qualities to a non-human thing.
Examples: The camera loves me. The car flexed its muscles.
Image Credit: Disney/Pixar
Onomatopia
Creating a word for an actual sound
Example: Pow! Pop! Bam! Zap!
Image Credit: WriteRoutine
Idiom
Terms that people use in everyday language that don’t make sense literally, but make sense figuratively.
Example: Break the ice.Literal: Take a hammer and chisel and break a block of ice in half.
Figurative: Make an awkward situation more comfortable.
Image Credit: Go Promotional
Hyperbole
EXTREME exaggeration
Examples:I’m so hungry that I could eat a whole cow!
I have a million things to do.
I have a ton of homework.
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