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136 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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How to Eat a Poem
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Eve Merriam
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i love the look of words
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maya angelou
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Introduction to poetry
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billy collins
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in just-
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ee cummings
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the funeral
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gordon parks
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repitition of initial consonant sounds
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alliteration
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repitition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in 2 or more stressed syllables
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assonance
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repitition of consonants esp. at the ends of words
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consonance
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pattern of beats or stresses in spoken or written language
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rhythm
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regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
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rhyme scheme
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like or as is used to make a comparison between two unlike ideas
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simile
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one thing is spoken of as if it were something else
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metaphor
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a non human subject is given human characteristics
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personification
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a reference to a well know person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
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allusion
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anything that stands for or represents something else
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symbolism
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word choice
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diction
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exaggeration or overstatement
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hyperbole
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rhyming words appear in the same line
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internal rhyme
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use of any element of language more than once
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repitition
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phrase, verse, or group of phrases repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem
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refrain
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words that imitate sounds
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ontomatopoeia
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differences between appearance and reality or expectation and result
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irony
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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blank verse
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songlike poem that tells a story
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ballad
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long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes
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epic poem
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poetry that utilizes techniques of drama
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dramatic poetry
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poem that tells a story
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narrative poem
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poetry not written in a regular rhythmical pattern or meter
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free verse
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central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
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theme
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formal division of lines in a poem
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stanza
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liberty taken by a poet in deviating from conventional form
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poetic liscense
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imperfect rhyme
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slant rhyme
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main or larger division of a long poem
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canto
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10 syllables per line every other syllable stressed
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iambic pentameter
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17 syllable poem
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haiku
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language used to create word pictures for the reader
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imagery
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musical verse; single speaker
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lyric poem
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four lines
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quatrain
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14 line lyric poem in iambic pentameter ABABCDCDEFEFGG
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sonnet
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The test
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angela shelf medearis
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stars
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nikki giovanni
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notice
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steve kowit
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eighteen
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rod mckuen
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blackie the electric rembrandt
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thom gunn
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photos
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paul b janeczko
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king of gods; god of thunder sky and justice ;GREEK
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zeus
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king of gods; god of thunder sky and justice ;ROMAN
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jupiter
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queen of gods; goddess of motherhood and marriage; GREEK
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hera
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queen of gods; goddess of motherhood and marriage; ROMAN
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Juno
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god of sun, music, and archery; GREEK
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Poebus
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god of sun, music, and archery;ROMAN
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apollo
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goddess of love and beauty; Greek
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aphrodite
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goddess of love and beauty; ROMAN
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venus
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god of war and thieves; GREEK
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ares
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god of war and thieves;ROMAN
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mars
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god of sea, earthquakes, and horses; GREEK
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poseidon
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god of sea, earthquakes, and horses;ROMAN
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neptune
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messenger and god of merchants; GREEK
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hermes
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messenger and god of merchants;ROMAN
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mercury
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god of fire and volcanic erruptions; GREEK
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hephaistos
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god of fire and volcanic erruptions; ROMAN
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vulcan
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god of wine and drama; GREEK
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dionysos
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god of wine and drama; ROMAN
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bacchus
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god of love; GREEK
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eros
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god of love; ROMAN
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cupid
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god of underworld; GREEK
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hades
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god of underworld; ROMAN
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pluto
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god of time; GREEK
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chronus
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god of time; ROMAN
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saturn
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goddess of grain and harvest; GREEK
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demeter
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goddess of grain and harvest; ROMAN
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ceres
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goddess of moon, hunting and childirth; GREEK
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artemis
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goddess of moon, hunting and childirth; ROMAN
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diana
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goddess of hearth and home; GREEK
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hestia
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goddess of hearth and home; ROMAN
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vesta
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goddess of dawn; GREEK
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eos
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goddess of dawn; ROMAN
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aroura
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god of nature; GREEK
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pan
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god of nature; ROMAN
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faunus
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queen of underworld; GREEK
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persophone
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queen of underworld; ROMAN
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proserpine
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god of atheletes; GREEK
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hercales
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god of atheletes; ROMAN
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hercules
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causing fear or apprehension
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formidable
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crafty or artful deception
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guile
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assemble for battle
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muster
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blacksmiths shop
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smithy
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break or rupture
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breach
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passion; enthusiasm
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ardor
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painfully difficult work
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travail
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to sieze or hold
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grapple
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humble prayer
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supplication
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craftiness or betrayal
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insidious
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quarrelsome
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contentious
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crouch in fear
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cower
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disguised
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dissemble
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rude
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impudence
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tearfully sentimental
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maudlin
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famous
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renowned
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trick
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ruse
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cloth to wrap a corpse for burial
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shroud
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to raise in relief
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emboss
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1/10 of belongings paid to church or state
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tithe
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deep immeasureable space
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abyss
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mother of odysseus
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anticlea
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epic hero
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odysseus
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paris took her to troy
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helen
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wedding couple
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peleus and thetis
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helens husband
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menalaeus
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odysseus' wife
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penelope
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dead crewmate
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elpanor
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most beautiful
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aphrodite
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gives odysseus a new ship
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alcinous
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son of peleus and thetis
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achilles
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father of odysseus
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laertes
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meanest suitor and first to die
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antinous
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odysseus' dog
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argus
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tries to convince odysseus nto to kill suitors
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eurymachus
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odysseus' son
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telemachus
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cyclops
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polyphemus
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from aeaea; fell in love with odysseus; sent him to underworld
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circe
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fell in love with odysseus on ogygia
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calypso
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lost most like with them; cannibals
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laestrygonians
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blind prophet
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tiresius
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6 headed monster
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scylla
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whirlpool
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charybdis
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sun god
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helios
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prince; kills achilles
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paris
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competed for most beautiful
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athena hera and aphrodite
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goddess that helps odysseus
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athena
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a member of odysseus' crew that convinced his men to eat the cattle of the sun god
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eurylochus
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odysseus' swineheard and friend
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eumaeus
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penelope's housekeeper
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eurynome
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gave odysseus the bag of winds
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aeolius
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goddess of discord who threw the apple into the wedding of peleus and thetis
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eris
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penelope's servant that was a gift from her father
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actoris
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