Poetry Terms Set 2: Examples

Front 1

Allegory

Back 1

Animal Farm is an _________ to the Russian Revolution.

Front 2

Couplet

Back 2

(1) When Silly Sally irons her clothes, they come out looking awful.
(2) She did not read the label and her iron was meant to waffle.
by Denise Rogers

Front 3

Dactyl

Back 3

PAtty cake
PAtty cake
BAkers man

Front 4

Denotation

Back 4

YOUR CHEEKS ARE ALL RED.
you are blushing.

Front 5

Denouement

Back 5

In the story of Theseus, when he creates a new government of democracy, it would be considered the __________ of the story on a plot diagram.

Front 6

Lyric Poem

Back 6

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it
-U2

Front 7

Quatrain

Back 7

(1)Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
(2)In the forests of the night,
(3)What immortal hand or eye
(4)Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
-William Blake

Front 8

Reversal

Back 8

In the movie The Usual Suspect, Kevin Spacey is a man whose considered to be an idiot. He looks like he has mental and physical disabilities. Throughout this thriller movie many crimes are committed and there a few suspects. At the end of the film, you discover that very unexpectedly, Kevin is the man behind all the crimes that were committed.

Front 9

Aubade

Back 9

Round the cape of a sudden came the sea,
And the SUN looked over the mountain's rim:
And straight was a path of gold for him,
And the need of a world of men for me.
-Robert Browning

Front 10

Diction

Back 10

I love her _______! It's very articulate, and easy to follow.

Front 11

Hyperbole

Back 11

It's 100 degrees outside and I'M BOILING!

Front 12

Epigram

Back 12

No one is completely UNHAPPY at the FAILURE of his best friend.
-Groucho Marx
(pay attention to phrasing of this sentence)

Front 13

Rising Meter

Back 13

A dimeter is two feet on the ________ _________.

Front 14

Satire

Back 14

The Daily Show is a good example of a ______ because the show makes many political jokes about the United States government to ridicule officials.

Front 15

Spondee

Back 15

There are WHITE fountains FALLing in the COURTS of the SUN.
-G. K. Chesterton (modified)
(pay attention to rhythm and syllables)

Front 16

Subplot

Back 16

While the main story line in Harry Potter is that he wants to defeat Lord Voldemort, the _________ could be the romance between Hermione and Ron.

Front 17

Elegy

Back 17

Bitter constraint, and SAD OCCASION dear,
Compels me to disturb your season due,
for Lycidas is DEAD, DEAD ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer
-John Milton

Front 18

Ode

Back 18

An ____ for the scent of pine
An ____ to the dainty decorations that are so divine
An ____ to Christmas Time

Front 19

Onomatopoeia

Back 19

Snap! Crackle! Pop! Rice Krispies

Front 20

Synecdoche

Back 20

All HANDS on deck