3. POETIC DEVICES DEFINITIONS
1. speaker- the one who speaks Fresh Prince of Bell Air
2. diction - the way you enunciate a word Twang- George Strait
3. imagery - an image that gives you a clue of what the poem is
about- Cry me a River
4. allusion - a way to say something without using the actual word-
5. simile- comparison using like or as. Smile
6. personification - something not human portrayed as human Tor-
nado
7. metaphor - comparison - not using like or as - Just Give Me A Rea-
son
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4. 8. refrain - repeated phrase - Single Ladies
9. symbol - something that stands for something else-
10. stanza -like a paragraph, but for poems
11. alliteration-the commencement of two or more words of a word
group with the same letter Rockin’ Robin- Jackson 5
12. onomatopoeia- what sound you think of when you hear a word-
SO SO LONG DIRKS BENTLY
13. enjambment - the continuation from one line of verse into the
next line without a pause. look at me now
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9. I
am
a
per-
fectionist, and a realist.
I wonder where my life is going.
I hear music.
I see nothing that isn’t there.
I want opportunities.
I am a perfectionist and a realist.
I pretend like I have everything under control.
I feel weighed down.
I touch nothing.
I worry about everything.
I cry more in books than in real life.
I
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10. I am a perfectionist and a realist.
I understand why people cuss all the time.
I say God gives his toughest battles to his tough-
est soldiers.
I dream about leaving Iowa.
I try to live up to expectations.
I hope I never have to write poetry ever again.
I am a perfectionist and a realist.
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11. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of for-
mal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syl-
lables per line. Looks like a square.
SONNETS
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12. 11
I dropped a quarter in the slot and pressed A-42,
the bass line started hummin' from afar,
the guy behind the counter mixed me up another brew,
I saw my teardrops splashin' on the bar.
The pain was like a bullwhip - just one year ago today
my little Dolly lost her gallant fight,
the angels came 'a callin' and they took my girl away
and still I cry most every single night.
Her favorite song. I still recall her eyes aglow at me
each time I hummed that sentimental tune,
I'd put my arms around her neck and hold her tenderly,
but then she went and left me way too soon.
The images flashed through my mind of just a year before,
it broke my heart to lay her in the ground,
we had three happy years but there would never be no more,
I hung my head and howled just like a hound.
The song upon the jukebox ended, everything was still,
that bar-room was as quiet as a mouse,
the barman looked at me and said: "Ole Buddy, drink your fill,
and everything tonight is on the house."
A cowboy brought a bottle over, stood there by my side,
he said: "Here's to your grief, I see it's bad,"
I blinked through tears "One year ago today, my Dolly died -
the best dang horse a cowboy ever had!"
14. MY SONNET
The first three were hard-core fighting marvels
The last was a giant disappointment
The middle few were fillers passing time
love the characters that showed such passion
Just to make me cry and scream in the end
For her to save the world was the mission
It was only the superiors saved
While the rest of the normals left to die
To choose between the friend and the baby
was the real underlying story here
With wings to soar as high as the mountains
they were a family under the stars
Running from who hurt them never to escape
For years we followed them until they died
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15. VISUAL FORM OF A POEM IS RELEVANT AS WELL AS
THE WORDS
CONCRETE POEMS
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17. Poems that are vertical and use the letters at the begin-
ning to dictate what the poem is.
ACROSTIC
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18. 17
B ringing new thoughts and new ideas
O ld stories are remembered
O ver time the covers fade but the words never die
K eeping the audience on their toes
S tealing sleep from enchanted readers worldwide
19. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
FREE VERSE
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I never knew how much I liked eggs
They had come out of a chicken
how could they taste good
hard boiled scrambled poached over easy on a salad in a casserole
then I tried some
I’ve been eating them ever since
22. Carrie had a little scam
she used it just to borrow
and everywhere that Carrie went
the scam was sure to follow
It followed her to a job interview one day
which was very cruel
it put all her flaws on display
it sure made her look a fool
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23. 30 lines of a lyric poem that is about a certain topic.
ODE
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24. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness
pains
My sense, as though of hemlock I had
drunk,
Or emptied some dull opiate to the
drains
One minute past, and Lethe-wards had
sunk:
'Tis not through envy of the happy lot,
But being too happy in thy happiness,–
That thou, light-winged Dryad of the
trees,
In some melodious plot
Of beechen green, and shadows number-
less,
Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
O for a draught of vintage, that hath
been
Cooled a long age in the deep-delved
earth,
Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provencal song, and sun-
burnt mirth!
O for a beaker full of the warm South,
Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene,
With beaded bubbles winking at the
brim,
And purple-stained mouth;
That I might drink, and leave the world
unseen,
And with thee fade away into the forest
dim:
Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget
What thou among the leaves hast never
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