Poem Review Flashcards
(23 cards)
Lines
May or not be full length of a sentence. Vary in length
Form
The way the words are laid out, how it looks like
Stanzas
Lines that are arranged in the poem
Speaker
The person who speaks about the poem (author).
Traditional Poem
A traditional poem operates in much the same way, since it is any poetic work that adheres to a definite verse structure or set of characteristics/ rules.
Free verse poem
Ideas drive each line of the poem
Sound Devices
Sound devices are resources used by poets to convey and reinforce the meaning or experience of poetry through the skillful use of sound.
Rhythm
The pattern of the words and how they are formed
Rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
Repetition
Repeating the same word or phrase In a poem
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Assonance
The reoccurring vowel in the middle of the word occurring in the same line
Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Dipict = 5 senses
Figurative Language
Language used to over exaggerate something for example it was raining dogs and cats
Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
the use of simile.
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Couplets
Rhymed lines of a poem
Recurring theme
It’s a poem that talks about a connected theme
Lyric poem (free verse)
A poem that follows no rules
Short
Have feelings of the speaker who expresses personal thoughts
Focuses on a single, string idea
Lyric Poem (traditional)
Poem that followed rules that are need to follow a format
Sonnet
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a 14 lines of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Ode
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.
