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What is point of view in poetry?
The position or outlook from which the speaker tells a story or observes something.
Who is the speaker in a poem?
The voice of the poem, which may be the voice of the poet or that of another person or character.
What is the theme of a poem?
The central idea that a poem explores.
What does the tone of a poem refer to?
The mood the poem creates for the reader.
What are some examples of tone in poetry?
Playful, angry, melancholy.
How can the tone of a poem change?
As the speaker’s reflection on a topic moves in a different direction.
What is a lyric poem?
A short poem that is like a song.
What is an ode?
A poem that has two or more stanzas with similar structures.
What is a haiku?
A very short poem with seventeen syllables in three lines, usually about nature.
What is the syllable pattern of a haiku?
5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What defines a sonnet?
A poem that has fourteen lines with ten to twelve syllables per line; first eight lines develop one idea, last six lines question that idea.
What is a ballad?
A short poem with stanzas of two to four lines and a refrain that repeats; tells a story.
What is free verse poetry?
A poem that does not follow any rules of rhythm or rhyme.
What are denotations in poetry?
The dictionary definitions of words.
What are connotations in poetry?
Meanings suggested or implied by a word, separate from its dictionary definition.
What is the connotation of the word ‘hideous’?
Terribly ugly.
What is the connotation of the word ‘homely’?
Plain and drab.
Fill in the blank: The tone of a poem can affect its _______.
[meaning].
True or False: The connotation of a word is the same as its denotation.
False.
What is a poem?
A type of writing in which the poet chooses and arranges words to create a strong feeling through meaning, sound, and rhythm.
What are the structural elements that differentiate poetry from prose?
Poetry has lines and stanzas. Lines do not always follow rules of capitalization and punctuation, and stanzas are groups of lines set apart by spaces.
What is a stanza in poetry?
A group of lines set apart by spaces, somewhat like paragraphs in prose.
What is a rhyme scheme?
A pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem, usually represented by a sequence of letters.
What does an ‘abab’ rhyme scheme indicate?
A four-line stanza where lines 1 and 3 rhyme (a) and lines 2 and 4 rhyme (b).
What is rhythm in poetry?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
Define meter in poetry.
A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is repetition in poetry?
The repeating of words or lines, which helps to unify a poem or reinforce its meaning or theme.
What is alliteration?
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Fill in the blank: Poetry is meant to be read _______.
[aloud]
True or False: Lines in a poem must always follow standard punctuation rules.
False
