Poetry test Flashcards
poem that tells story elements in plot included
narrative
really long narrative poem
epic
type of narrative poem that uses imagery to tell story
ballad
14 line poem w/ 10 syllables per line
sonnet
poem with a song like feel that can express feelings or emotion
lyric
poem with no rhyme scheme or set pattern
free verse
a poem written for someone in celebration
ode
poem written for someone who died
elegy
3 line japanese poem syllables following a 5-7-5 pattern
haiku
two lines that rhyme
couplet
phrase not meant to be taken literally
idiom
compares using like or as
simile
compares w/o using like or as
metaphor
an over exaggeration
hyperbole
giving human qualities to object
personification
repetition of vowel sounds
assonance
a word/phrase used to make uncomfortable situation seem less harsh
euphemism
a word used to mimic a sound
onomatopoeia
when one says something but means the opposite
verbal irony
repetition of beginning consonant sounds
alliteration
downplaying a situation
understatement
the use of vivid language to appeal to senses
imagery
a group of lines in poem
stanza
2 words with same ending sounds
rhyme
a single row of words in poem
line
a frightened child
the city is so big
older black woman reminiscing on her childhood
A poem for my librarian mrs long
a sailor who lost their leader
o captain my captain
man reflecting on decision he made in his youth
the road not taken
young man who has recently lost his love
the raven
a poem for my librarian mrs long
nikki giovanni
o captain my captain
walt whitman
the road not taken
robert frost
the raven
edgar allen poe
as i wandered lonely as a cloud
william wordsworth
the sky is low the clouds are mean
emily dickinson
concrete mixers
patricia hubbell
harlem night song
langston hughes
the city is so big
richard garcia
love makes on happy
harlem night song
cities can appear frightening at night to kids
the city is so ig
one must live 2ith the decisions they mak in life
the road not taken
nature can have bad days
the sky is low the clouds are mean
grief can cause intense mental anguish
the raven
it can be hard to celebrate when losing a lost one
oh captain my captain
what fig language in sky is low
personification
what fig lang the city is so big
metaphor
what type of fig lang concrete mixers
similies and metaphor
fig lang for “weak and weary”
alliteration
what type poem the raven
narrative
why poe have raven perch upon bust of greek godess pallas
association suggests raven is wise
who o captain my captain written about
lincoln
repetition of “fallen cold and dead” emphasizes
importance of death to speaker
what fig lang in o captain
extended metaphor, elegy, in civil war
setting of road not taken
autumn/fall
two roads represent
important decisions in our life
difference b/w two roads
one is less traveled by
what “ sorry i could not travel both and be one traveler
he only one person and cant go down one at same time
tone/feeling I wandered as lonely as a cloud
lonely
what fig lang ten thousand saw i at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance
personification, hyperbole
fig lang poem for librarian “opened the wardrobe but no lions came out”
allusion
What word best describes the speakers feelings about her childhood in a poem from my library and Mrs. Long
Nostalgic
How does the narrator write this poem, a poem from my library and Mrs. Long
She admires librarian for bravely checking out books for her
What type of poem is a poem from my librarian
ode
