This document provides definitions and examples of various poetry devices and forms, including: - Blackout poetry, which involves removing words from a text to form a poetic work. - Haikus, short 3-line poems originating from Japan with a 5-7-5 syllable structure. - Sonnets, 14-line poems with various rhyme schemes like Shakespearean or Petrarchan. - Concrete poetry, where the visual layout is important to the meaning. - Acrostics, where the first letter of each line spells out a word or message. - Free verse, without a regular rhyme or meter. - Odes, formal poems addressing a subject in an elevated style.

1. Creative
Poetics
Jessica Popejoy-Geiken

2. 1. speaker- the one who speaks
2. diction - the way you enunciate a word
3. imagery - an image that gives you a clue of what the
poem is about
4. allusion - a way to say something without using the actual
word
5. simile- comparison using like or as.
6. personification - something not human portrayed as hu-
man
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Poetry
Devices
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3. 7. metaphor - comparison - not using like
or as
8. refrain - repeated phrase
9. symbol - something that stands for some-
thing 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
12. onomatopoeia- what sound you think
of when you hear a word
13. enjambment - the continuation from
one line of verse into the next line without
a pause.
14. connotation- all the feelings that come
along with a word
15. denotation- the literal meaning of a
word
16. euphemism- a sugar-coated way of say-
ing something
17. tone- the way you say your words
18. hyperbole - obvious and intentional ex-
aggeration
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4. SECTION 1
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5. Black Out
Poetry
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Black out poetry. It is the removal of unnecessary words in
a text and the words or phrases come together in a poetic
manner.
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6. 5

7. Haiku
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Originating in Japan, Haikus are a very easy form of poetry
that is used currently around the world.
First five syllables
Then add another seven
Five syllables more
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8. Haikus
SECTION 1
Scrolling down the page
Pause. Reblog. and keep going
Eat, sleep, breathe my blog
Eloquent writing
Perfection drips from my words
Inspiring you
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9. I am happy and creative
I wonder if I fed my fish today
I hear music in my head every day
I see what I want to see
I am happy and outgoing
I pretend I’m famous
I feel pretty good
I touch my hair out of habit
I worry about my friend
I cry over art
I am happy and creative
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I am
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10. I understand pretty much nothing
I say I’m fine
I dream I am adventurous and witty
I try to be calm
I hope I can eat a more than one piece of
cake someday
I am happy and creative
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11. Sonnets
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A poem that has fourteen lines using formal rhyme
schemes, usually having ten syllables in a line.
Forms a “square”
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14 lines
Iambic Pentameter

12. English and Italian
SECTION 1
Chills like a fire but burns hot like the ice
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Italian Eng-
lishSonnet
Shakepearian
Abba
Abba
Abba
ect.
Petrarchan
CDE
CDE,CDE
or
CD,CD
CD
Iambic
Pentameter
4 lines
Cauartrain
2 couplets
SextetOctave
8-lines

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As contradictory and stone and lace
Chills like a fire but burns hot like the ice
She is gentle and sweet to those in need
But bites the tounge of those with idle minds
She tames the beast of temper from hot mouths
She lights passion in minds of apathy
Raises the hearts of the lost and lonely
And can yet crush those on high pedastles
Words fill her with exitement and emotion
And yet struggles to scribe it on the page
How spiteful and drawn apart she can be
Still her joy can carry across mountains
As contrary as stone and lace
A sonnet for the great and flawfull Grace

14. SECTION 2
Quiz:
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Review 5.1 Poetry Quiz
Check Answer
Question 1 of 5
Where did Haikus originate?
A. Russia
B. France
C. Japan
D. Norway

15. Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry in which the ty-
pographical arrangement of words is as important in convey-
ing the intended meaning.
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Concrete
Poem
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16. Acrostic
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An acrostic is a poem or other form of writing in which the
first letter or syllable is used to portray a similar meaning.
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I believe when I fall in love this time it will be forever
L ost in a February Song
O ceano
V oce Existe Em Mim
E verybody wants to be loved
J ust don’t tell me that it’s too late to love you
O f the bells of New York City calling me to stay
S o she dances
H idden Away
G alileo fell in love as a Galilean boy
R emember when it rained
O ver mountains and sky blue seas
B rave
A nd I watched you fly away
N ow or Never

18. Free Verse
8 “Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.”
Write watever you please
It can be dark or light or heavy with sadness
Perhaps you don’t have time to rhyme
So don’t. Whatever you please
Rhythm doesn’t appeal to you?
Don’t. Do what you please,
In free verse.
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19. Ode
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A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular sub-
ject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied
or irregular meter.
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20. Ode to the Doctor
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The big Bad Wolf and the Fantastic Man
When he says “run” from the manequin men
Do as he say’s, and a new life begins
And then you meet a foe he once thought dead
The lonely Dalek encased in hatred
With a child and a captain he learns to dance
Happy because just once, every one lives
Deadly games and sweet Lynda with a “Y”
Trapped in a satellite station of death
The big Bad Wolf and the Fantastic Man
He’s like fire and ice “the oncoming storm”
With what he truely meant left unsaid,
His fury will save the runaway bride.
Don’t Blink. Don’t even blink. Blink and you’re dead.
With the sound of drums pounding in his head
They’re all together at the journey’s end
Gone are his friends and his partner in crime
The madman, his savior, the end of time,
And then he is gone without a goodbye.
He’s like fire and ice “the oncoming storm”.

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i understood that reference
The ragedy man, the nurse with a phone
A scared little girl who’s never alone
His wife, his sweetie, his mystery too
Their lives entangled in an enigma
He doesn’t like endings but still they came
He found a friend who took away his pain
A bodiless mind who asks his name
Using it to harm him and bring him pain.
I understood that reference