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Elements of Poetry

Characteristics of Poetry- Poetry uses concise, rhythmic, and emotionally charged language.

The language of poetry emphasizes the re-creation of experiences..

Important Poetic PartsStanzais a group of lines in a poem, considered as a unit. Types of stanzas include:Couplet: 2-lineSestet: 6-linQuatrain: 4-lineOctave: 8-line Cinquain: 5-lineStructure: Line length, fonts, word placement, use of white spaceDialect/Slang-A language spoken by people of particular region or group Im fixin to leave

Concepts in MeaningFigurative Language: is meant to be interpreted imaginatively.Simile, metaphor, personification and imagerySimile: a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. Metaphor: compares 2 unlike things. Metaphors say that one thing IS another. Her home is a prison.

Rhyme scheme: is a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem. Lower case letters are used to indicate the pattern.Ex: aabbaRepetition: refers to sound, words, phrases or lines that are used more than once.

Idiom: A phrase or saying not based on the literal meaning of the words but used to express a thought or concept in a descriptive manner.

MoodMood is a feeling that a poem creates in the reader.

Poets creates the mood with the length of sentences, the words chose, punctuation, and the sounds of the words.

TONE

Connotation attitudes and feelings associated with a word as opposed to a words literal meaning.

He is a real snake in the grass.= evil or dangerous

Risk (accident or ticket)

Denotation the literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition.

even without words, we recognize the meaning from the shape and color

Snake: any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles.

Personification: gives human characteristics or qualities to animals, ideas or lifeless objects.

Imagery/Sensory language: appeals to the 5 senses.

Theme: is the central idea in the work. Ex: love, compassion

Hyperbole: is exaggeration for effect.

Allusion: is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.EX: His wife was his Achilles' heel. His wife is his weakness Symbol: is anything that stands for something else. They are usually concrete images that represent ideas. *Dove represents Peace

Concepts of SoundRhyme: is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words. Near Rhyme: are words that almost rhyme. They dont have the same amount of syllablesEx: men--again so--aglow wheyawayAssonance: is the repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: Adam ate a lot of apples

Alliteration: is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

Rhythm: is the pattern of stresses, or beats in spoken or written language.

Onomatopoeia: is the use of words that imitate sounds.