Poetry Flashcards

1
Q

what is a poem that is told in verse.

A

Narritive poem

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2
Q

what is a highly musical verse that expresses the observations of a single speaker

A

Lyric poem

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3
Q

a poem shaped to look like its subject

A

concrete poem

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4
Q

poetry without structure or patterns

A

free verse

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5
Q

a three lined Japanese verse form

A

Haiku

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6
Q

using like or as to compare two unlike things and show similarites between the two

A

Simile

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7
Q

WRITING OR SPEECH THA APPEALS TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE SENSES

A

Sensory Language

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8
Q

language that uss images to creat word pictures

A

imagery

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9
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describing one thing as if it were something else. they often point out a similarity between 2 unlike things

A

metaphor

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10
Q

a non human subject is given human caracteristics

A

personifacation

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11
Q

the repetition of sounds at the end of words

A

rhyme

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12
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds

A

alliteration

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13
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the use of any element of language more than once

A

repetition

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14
Q

the use of words to imitate sounds

A

onomatopoeia

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15
Q

what was gary soto know as

A

the pickle factory guy

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16
Q

when was gary soto born

A

1952

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17
Q

Where did he grow up

A

Fresno CA

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18
Q

what was his neighbporhood called

A

Bario

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19
Q

what themes were his peoms

A

poor oppressed and neglected

20
Q

what was bario

A

a poor mexican american neighboorhood

21
Q

When was emily dickenson born

A

1830

22
Q

when did emily dickenson die

A

1886

23
Q

WHERE DID emily dickenson live

A

amherst MA

24
Q

what is a recluse

A

someone who hides away from the public

25
Q

what color did emily dickenson almost always wear

A

white

26
Q

what were the themes in emily dickensons poetry

A

nature religion and death

27
Q

when was langston hughes born

A

1902

28
Q

when did langston hughes die

A

1967

29
Q

where was langdton hughes born

A

harlem ny

30
Q

WHAT WERE LANGSTON HUGHES THEMES

A

potitics, civil rights, jazz

31
Q

when was maya angelou born

A

1928

32
Q

where did maya angelou griow up

A

STAMPS Ak

33
Q

what were maya angelous themes

A

praising african american life, the strength of woman, celebrating the human spirit

34
Q

when was ee ummkings born

A

1894

35
Q

when did ee cummings die

A

1962

36
Q

where was ee cummings from

A

Cambridge MA

37
Q

when was william carlos williams born

A

1883

38
Q

when did william carlos williams die

A

1963

39
Q

where was william carlos williams born

A

Rutherford NJ

40
Q

what was william carlos williams profession before he became a poet

A

a pediatrition

41
Q

what is a mundane

A

lacking intrest or excitment; dull

42
Q

what was william carlos williams peotry

A

snapshot

43
Q

who uses simple but precise language

A

william carlos williams

44
Q

what was william carlos willaims more concerend about

A

mpore the image than the story

45
Q

what does posthumously

A

after death