Poetry Terms. Instructions: Define each of the following poetic terms. A list of resources is provided at the bottom of the page.

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1 Poetry Terms Instructions: Define each of the following poetic terms. A list of resources is provided at the bottom of the page. Poetic Forms & Structure Free verse Blank verse Ode Ballad Sonnet Line Stanza Speaker Poetic Devices: Sound Onomatopoeia Rhyme Rhyme scheme Rhythm Meter Repetition Alliteration Consonance Assonance Poetic Devices: Imagery Imagery Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Tone Resources: Your ELA textbook (found online at

2 Spring is like a perhaps hand (which comes carefully out of Nowhere)arranging a window,into which people look(while people stare arranging and changing placing carefully there a strange thing and a known thing here)and changing everything carefully spring is like a perhaps Hand in a window (carefully to and from moving New and Old things,while people stare carefully moving a perhaps fraction of flower here placing an inch of air there)and without breaking anything. Spring is like a perhaps hand By e.e. cummings Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm. I ve heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea; Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me. Hope is the thing with feathers-- By Emily Dickinson

3 Spring is like a perhaps hand Questions 1. Identify the poetic device used in the following line. Spring is like a perhaps hand 2. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: moving a perhaps fraction of flower here 3. What aspect of spring is the poet describing in this poem? Cite two lines from the poem that convey this idea and explain what they mean. Aspect of Spring Evidence from the text 1 Evidence from the text 2 4. Draw a picture that embodies the meaning or tone of this poem.

4 Hope is the thing with feathers-- Questions 1. Identify the poetic device used in the following line. Hope is the thing with feathers 2. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: And sore must be the storm 3. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: And on the strangest Sea 4. What is the poet saying about hope through this poem? Cite two lines from the poem that convey this idea and explain what they mean. Aspect of hope Evidence from the text 1 Evidence from the text 2 5. Draw a picture that embodies the meaning or tone of this poem.

5 I wouldn't coax the plant if I were you. Such watchful nurturing may do it harm. Let the soil rest from so much digging And wait until it's dry before you water it. The leaf's inclined to find its own direction; Give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself. Much growth is stunted by too careful prodding, Too eager tenderness. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. Woman with Flower Questions Woman with Flower By Naomi Long Madgett 1. Identify the poetic device used in the following line. The things we love we have to learn to leave alone. 2. This whole poem is a metaphor. Explain what two things are being compared, then describe what deeper meaning the poet is trying to convey through this comparison. First element or idea being compared Second element or idea being compared Deeper meaning 3. Draw a picture that embodies the meaning or tone of this poem.

6 egg horror poem By Laurel Winter small white afraid of heights whispering in the cold, dark carton to the rest of the dozen. They are ten now. Any meal is dangerous, but they fear breakfast most. They jostle in their compartments trying for tiny, dark-veined cracksnot enough to hurt much, just anything to make them unattractive to the big hands that reach in from time to random time. They tell horror stories that their mothers, the chickens, clucked to themmerengues, omelettes, egg salad sandwiches, that destroyer of dozens, the homemade angel food cake. The door opens. Light filters into the carton, "Let it be the milk," they pray. But the carton opens, a hand reaches inonce, twice. Before they can even jiggle, they are alone again, in the cold, in the dark, new spaces hollow where the two were. Through the heavy door they hear the sound of the mixer, deadly blades whirring. They huddle, the eight, in the cold, in the dark, and wait.

7 egg horror poem Questions 1. This entire poem is an example of personification (the eggs are being treated as though they have human characteristics). In the box below cite four separate examples of personification used in this poem and explain what each line suggests. Evidence from the text 1 Evidence from the text 2 Evidence from the text 3 Evidence from the text 4

8 Caged Bird By Maya Angelou The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with fearful trill of the things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and he names the sky his own. But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.

9 Caged Bird Questions 1. Identify the poetic device used in the following line. A free bird leaps on the back of the wind 2. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: but a bird that stalks 3. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: can seldom see through 4. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: And the trade winds soft through the sighing trees 5. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams 6. Identify the poetic device used in the following line: His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream 7. What is overall meaning of this poem? What do you think the poet is saying about free birds vs. caged birds?