Unit Three - Poetry Flashcards
expresses delight
ecstatic
expresses loneliness or emptiness
melancholic
expresses dislike or discontent with something through sarcasm and/or irony
satiric tone
to feel or show great happiness
exult
including or influencing every part of something
overarching
the most compact form of literature
Poetry
Ideas, feelings, rhythm, and sound are packed into
carefully chosen words, working to convey meaning to the
readers
Poetry
A poem is made up with what?
tone
form
figurative language
Three Types of Poetry
Narrative
Lyric
Dramatic
poems that tell a story
Narrative Poetry
historically began as oral traditions
Narrative Poetry
poems that are supposedly sung with musical accompaniment
Lyric Poetry
express the poet’s or the persona’s feelings and emotions
Lyric Poetry
usually performed onstage
Dramatic Poetry
can be sung or spoken
Dramatic Poetry
The Elements of Poetry
Persona
Form
Rhyme
Imagery
Sound Patterns
Figurative Language
Theme
a dramatic character who is the speaker in the poem
Persona
Poem is written in lines, and oftentimes the lines are
divided into groups called stanzas. What element is this?
Form
Poetry is written in lines, and oftentimes the lines are
divided into groups called ____
Stanza
the use of language that appeals to the five senses
Imagery
This element of poetry is the rhyme, rhythm, and other literary devices that pertain to
sounds
Sound Patterns
the repetition of similar or identical sounds at the end of
poetic lines
Rhyme
the pattern of the rhyme placed at the end of each line or stanza in a poem
rhyme scheme -
In rhythm, it is equivalent to two or more stressed and/or
unstressed syllables
foot
In rhythm, it is the the measurement of syllables in a line
meter
words or phrases that are put together to help readers
picture ordinary things in new ways
Figurative Language
the central idea of a poem
Theme
usually stated as a philosophical truth in life
Theme
