The document provides guided notes on poetry and poetic devices, discussing various forms and elements of poems, including stanzas, couplets, and quatrains. It covers literary devices such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition, sensory language, irony, similes, metaphors, and humor in poetry. Additionally, it outlines the structures of different types of poems, including limericks, free verse, ballads, and haikus.

1. Name _____________________________ Class Period _______
Poetry and Poetic Devices
Guided Notes
Poem Basics
Poems can be _____________________ or ______________________.
Poems can be written about _______________________ by _______________________.
Poems consist of ______________________, not _______________________________.
Poems are made up of __________________________, not ____________________________.
Couplet: ______________________ Quatrain: _______________________
Stanzas are separated by ____________________________________________.
Alliteration
Alliteration is when ______________________________________________________________.
What can be alliterative? _________________________________________________________
Write your own example of alliteration:
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Onomatopoeia
Definition: ______________________________________________________________________
Words to describe:
Lightning crashing into tree: ________________________
Glass shattering: ___________________________________
Rhyme
Rhyme is _____________________________________________________________________.
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2. Repetition
Repetition is _____________________________________________________________________.
Sensory Language
Sensory language is _____________________________________________________________________.
Sensory Images
Sensory images appea to _________________________________________________________________.
Irony in Poetry
Irony can be situational, dramatic, or verbal.
In poetry, irony is _______________________________________________________________________.
Simile and Metaphor
What is the difference?
Personification
Personification is _____________________________________________________________________.
Write an example __________________________________________________________________
Humor in Poetry
Humor in poetry can come from:
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______________________________
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3. Limerick
What is the structure of a limeric?
Free Verse
What is free verse?
Ballad
What is the structure of a ballad?
Haiku
What is the structure of a haiku poem?
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