Poetry Flashcards

(34 cards)

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Speaker

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The voice that speaks to us

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Lyric poem

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Expresses a speakers emotions or thoughts, does not tell a story, they convey a strong emotion.

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not have a regular rhyme scheme, they try to capture the natural rhymes.

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Haiku

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Is a 3 line poem with 17 syllables, usually contrast elements of nature

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Sonnet

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Is a. 14 lined lyrical poem, most sonnets are written in iambic pentameter and have regular rhyme schemes

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Catalog poem

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Presents a list of many different images, they creat a depth intensity

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ballad

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is a song that tells a story. they use a steady rhythm, and has recitation.

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imagery

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is one of a poets most powerful tools, an image is a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of our 5 senses.

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Sensory Details

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a way poets creat images it is elements that help you imagine how something looks, sounds, smells, feels, or tastes.

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Figures of speech

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expresses that put aside literal meaning in favor of imaginative connections. a figure of speech is based on a comparison that is not literally true.

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Simile

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two unlike things that are compared by using LIKE or AS

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metaphor

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is a comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.

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direct metaphor

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directly compares two things by using a verb such as is.

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implied metaphor

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implies or suggests a comparison between two things, rather than stating the comparison directly.

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personification

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is a type of metaphor, when human qualities are given to something not human

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rhyme

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is the repetition of a stressed vowel sound and any sounds that follow it in words that are close together in a poem,

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Rhyme Scheme

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is a regular pattern of end rhymes.

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end rhymes

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are rhymes in poetry occurring at the end of lines lines are called…

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internal rhyme

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occer whin at least one of the rhymed words falls within a line, these rhymes can be much less obvious than end rhymes,

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approximate rhyme

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repeat some sounds but are not exact echoes.

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rhythm

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is a musical quality based on repetition

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meter

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is a common form of rhythm , a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of the poem.

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foot (poem)

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usually consist of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables.

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trochee

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has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable ( DAH dah)

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anapest
has two unstressed syllables then a stressed syllable (dah dah DAH)
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dactyl
has one stressed syllable then two unstressed syllables (DAH dah dah)
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spondee
is two stressed syllables ( DAH DAH)
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onomatopoeia
using words that sound like what they mean is onomatopoeia, the words can echo a natural sound or a mechanical noise
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alliteration
repeating the same consonant sound in several words,
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assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds in several words (quick fix)
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Visualize
Things You see your own mind
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Denotation
A words direct meaning from the dictionary
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Connotation
A word assisting or all things associated with the word
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Syntax
Word order/ grammar