Poetic Technique Flashcards
Limerick
5 lined poem eg The limerick packs laughs anatomical Into space that is quite economical. But the good ones I've seen So seldom are clean And the clean ones so seldom are comical.[4]
Metaphor
Comparison between two thing without using like as or than a wooden face
Sonnet
A poem with 14 lines But wait, be still, don't lose this way Affection now, for what you guess May be something more, could be less Accept my love, live for today.......
Rhyme
Two word with ending sound the same eg cat and mat
Personification
Giving a none living thing an attraction eg the chair flew across the floor
Riddle
a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning eg “Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens, all freeze.” The answer is traffic light.
Pun
A play on words eg The fruit farmer is berry competitive in his field.
Wordsworth
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
Haiku
A 3 to 5 lined poem eg
(5) The sky is so blue.
(7) The sun is so warm up high.
(5) I love the summer.
Acrostic
A poem that uses the first or last letter to spell a word or phrase eg
C. at
A. nd
T. om
Alliteration
The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in “a peck of pickled peppers.” Adjective: alliterative.
Assonance
resemblance of sound between syllables eg
Killed and cold
Hyperbole
Exaggeration eg when I come in at your not standing up I’m going to kill you
Tone
The mood of a conversation eg he said angrily
Theme
The subject it based on eg Harry Potter wizards
