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1. The art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
2. Literary work in metrical form; verse.3. (The site says Prose but we’ll say) Text
with poetic qualities.
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What some poets say it is:
•"Poetry is when emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words“ - Robert Frost•“Poetry at its best uses words to say more than words can say.” -Marvin Bell•"Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, prickle, be silent, makes your toe nails twinkle...“ -Dylan Thomas
Direct comparison of two things which by their general nature are different from each other
Uses “like” or “as”
Implied comparison between two unlike things
Usually uses a form of “to be” verb (is, are, was, were)
Does not use “like” or “as”
Repeating consonant sounds in two or more words or syllables
◦Karl cooks cookies.◦Carl can catch.◦Mommy makes me mad!◦Phil fired Fanny Fay.
Words that imitate sounds
◦Snap! Crackle! Pop!
◦Slam! Zip! Zoom! Pow!
◦Buzz! Bang! Zap!
◦Clank! Clang! Drip! Drop!
Extreme exaggeration
◦I’m so hungry I could eat an entire horse!!
◦Your uncle’s so fat, he walked in front of my TV and I missed 3 episodes!
Something concrete, such as an object, person, place or happening, that stands for something abstract such as an idea, quality, concept, or condition
◦Heart=love Peace sign=Peace◦4-leaf clover=luck Flag=freedom
Emotional meaning of a word beyond the dictionary meaning of the word
◦ Euphemism: A nicer way to say something (positive connotation or spin)
passed away slender Husky or big boned A face only a mother could love Wise or aged
Correspondence, in two or more words, of ending sounds
◦End Rhyme: a rhyme that occurs in the last syllable of lines
◦Internal Rhyme: Rhyme between a word within a line and another word at the end of the same line
A regular pattern of rhyming words
Corresponding lines that rhyme with each other in a stanza— represented by letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme
Line 1: Roses are red ALine 2: Violets are blue BLine 3: Sugar is sweet CLine 4: And so are you B
Two successive lines of poetry marked by end rhyme – usually expresses a single idea:
My love for you Will always be true
You are mineAnd that is just fine
The meter of the poem is its rhythmical pattern determined by the number and types of stresses or beats
English verse is described as being made up of rhythmical units called “feet”
A foot consists of some combination of unstressed (˘) and stressed (´) syllables
One unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable
English speech—natural iambic beat
Sounds like a heartbeat
“Her deck/ once red/with he/rose blood”
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A traditional Japanese 3-line poem containing 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 again in the third
It presents a picture, or image, in order to around specific emotions in the reader
A long story, often told in verse, involving heroes and gods
Grand in length and scope, an epic provides a portrait of an entire culture, of the legends, beliefs, values, laws, arts and ways of life of a people
Example:The Odyssey