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21 Cards in this Set
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What is poetry?
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poetry is a genre of literature that uses:
-figures of speech -descriptive language -can have a rhythm or a beat -can have a rhyme scheme |
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to determine poems you must
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-establish if it tells a story (narrative poem)
-doesn't tell a story (lyrical poem) |
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2 forms of poems
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-narrative
-lyrical |
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Narrative poems
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-characters
-events -ballad- narrative poem that's song-like w/ a repeated chorus -epic- long tale of a hero & the amazing things they do. -memory- a recollection of a childhood memory in the form of a poem. |
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Lyrical poems
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tries to express emotion of draw emotions from the reader
-ode- meant to praise a person, place, or thing -sonnet- 3 strict qualifications *14 lines long *must have a rhyme scheme *each line must contain 10 syllables -haiku- 3 lines; not rhymed; syllable count: 5, 7, 5 - elegy- a poem written to express the sadness of a persons death. (normally explains how the person died) -Haiku- |
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Structured Poems
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follows a set of rules or patterns
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free verse poems
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doesn't follow a set of rules or patterns
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couplet
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2 lines back to back that rhyme
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stanza
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a group of lines forming the basic unit or metrical grouping
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repetition
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words or phrases repeated multiple times for emphasis
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rhyme scheme
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patterned lines
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meter
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a rhyme that repeats in predictable patterns
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rhyme
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is at the end of a word
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rhyme scheme
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is the flow of words
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where are irregular rhyme patterns found?
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free verse poems
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enjambment
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the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of verse to the next w/ out a pause
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literary devices
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adds depth or meaning
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figure of speech
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- add meaning to the text
-add to the "sound" of the text |
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meaning
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"read between the lines"
you have to work to understand the meaning |
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metaphor
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comparison w/out using like or as
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similie
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comparison using like or as
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