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Poetic terms Irfan

Poetic Terms Irfan

term example
imagery A vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses.
onomatopoeia sniff, boom, pow
setting "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood..." (a forest, a cementery, a house)
The time and place of the poem's action Martin Luther King Jr.- Was a motivational speaker.
theme animal, change, fame
alliteration on scrolls of silver snowy sentences
allusion Chocolate was her Achilie's heel.
personification The tree whispered siliently while the wind harrased the air.
assonance And round about the keel with faces pale,dark faces pale against that rosy flame. (Pale) (Flame)
consonance Mammals named Sam are clammy. (m is repeated)
caesura The gruel of muds and weeds in a mauled lane Smelled sweet like blood. // birds have died or flown, (blood. // birds)
couplet The wind blew very strong / as we scurried along!
end rhyme Whose woods these are I think I know / His house is in the village though.
internal rhyme The cat ate the bat, and just sat.
enjambment The holy time is quiet as a Nun,/ Breathless with adoration; the broad sun/ Is sinking down in its tranquillity. (the sentence continues beyond the line breaks)
stanza "I love to write Day and night What would my heart do But cry, sigh and be blue If I could not write (5 lines in 1 stanza)"
hyperbole Im so hungy I could eat a horse.
tone "The Happy Grass"a poem by brian patten, has a tone of hope towards the prospects of peace that the grass represents
symbolism flying stands for freedom
antithesis Milk and Juice, PC and Mac, Pokemon and Digimon. Traditional Drawing and Digital Drawing are some of the things that are opposite from each other
point of view 1st Person - I love my new shoes. 2nd Person- You come here with that. 3rd Person- He was prepared for class.
Simile Kevin is as beast as a fullgrown husky.
mood how it makes you feel like a reader happy, sad, excited
theme message of we real cool is to stay in school
Created by: kobeisgood
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