Poetry Vocabulary 1 Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant

Poetry Vocabulary

1. Alliteration: – Repetition of initial consonant sounds – Example: Sister Suzy sat on the seashore until suddenly she was swallowed by a shark. 2. Allusion: – A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

3. Ballad: – A song-like poem that tells a story 4. Blank Verse: – Poetry written in unrhymed, iambic pentameter. 5. Concrete Poem: – A poem with a shape that suggests its subject – Example: George Herbert’s Easter Wings and The Alter

6. Figurative Language: – Writing that is not meant to be taken literally – Example: He made me so mad I wanted to die. 7. Free Verse: – Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter

8. Image: – A word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses 9. Lyric Poem: – Highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker 10. Metaphor: – – A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else Example: He is such a pig when he eats!

11. Mood: – The feeling created in the reader by a literary work 12. Onomatopoeia: – – The use of words that imitate sounds Example: The buzz of the bee was very loud. 13. Personification: – – A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics Example: The tree waved excitedly in the wind.

14. Repetition: – The use, more than once, of any element of language 15. Rhyme: – – Repetition of sounds at the end of words Example: Roses are red, violets are blue…. . 16. Rhyme Scheme: – A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem

17. Rhythm: – Pattern of beats or stresses in spoken or written language 18. Simile: – A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas My love is like a red rose. 19. Stanza: – A formal division of lines in a poem considered as a unit

20. Motif – Main or reoccurring theme. 21. Extended Metaphor – a comparison developed over several lines of poetry. 22. Pun – Double meaning

23. Confessional poetry – confession of an activity or an emotion. 24. Elegy – Pays tribute to a person (usually dead) 25. Imagist poetry – uses lots of images to paint a picture for the reader.

Humor • 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

Rhythm & Rhyme • Using more spirited language makes humorous situations even more humorous “The Porcupine” By Ogden Nash Any hound a porcupine nudges Can’t be blamed for harboring grudges. I know one hound that laughed all winter At a porcupine that sat on a splinter.

If you take away the rhythm and rhyme, the humor vanishes. Any hound that touches a porcupine Can’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

Limericks • 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.

Limericks 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!

Limerick About a Bee I wish that my room had a floor, I don’t care so much for a door. But this walking around Without touching the ground Is getting to be quite a bore.

Another Limerick There once was a very small mouse Who lived in a very small house, The ocean’s spray Washed it away, All that was left was her blouse!

You will create a limerick similar to this one… 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.

Fill in the blanks and create your own Limerick. There once was a _____ from _____. All the while she/he hoped ____. So she/he __________, And ____________, That _____ from ______.

The class Limerick: There once was a _____ from _____. All the while she/he hoped ____. So she/he __________, And ____________, That _____ from ______.

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