2. 1. speaker- the one who speaks
2. diction - the way you enunciate a word
3. imagery - an image that gives you a
clue of what the poem is about
4. allusion - a way to say something with-
out using the actual word... Like
catchphrase
Poetic Devices
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3. 5. simile- comparison using like or as.
Wagon Wheel.
6. personafication - an imaginary person
or creature conceived or figure to repre-
sent a thing or abstraction
7. metaphor - comparison - not using
like or as
8. refrain - to stop yourself or someone
else from doing something
9. symbol - something that stands for
something else
10. stanza -like a paragraph, but for po-
ems
11. alliteration-the commencement of
two or more words of a word group with
the same letter
12. onomatopoeia- what sound you think
of when you hear a word
13. enjambment - the continuation from
one line of verse into the next line with-
out a pause. Done.
14. connotation- all the feelings that
come along with a word
15. denotation- the literal meaning of a
word
16. euphemism- a sugar-coated way of
saying something harsh
17. tone- the way you say your words
18. hyperbole - obvious and intentional
exaggeration
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7. Example Haiku
An octopus went
off to war. It’s a good thing
that he was well-armed.
Group Haiku
Twitter goes the bird
Sun rises in the morning
The hunter shoots it
9. I Am
I am practical and self-reliant
I wonder about everything
I hear the many voices in my head
I see books like they are movies
I want to be successful
I am practical and self-reliant
I pretend to pay attention a lot
I feel like a day is a week when it comes to the end of the year
I touch the books
I worry about life
I cry about crimes
I am practical and self-reliant
I understand that life is odd
I say that I believe that
I dream of a better world
I try to live life to the fullest
I hope to be a good person
I am practical and self-reliant
10. Sonnet
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A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
11. 10
Decision
There are only two possibilities
God the result of imagination
Or God the Lord over all creation
With supernatural abilities
Considering the liabilities
The former, a finite observation
The latter, spirit rejuvenation
With its infinite capabilities
Choosing the former one has to reason
What's wanted is some final solution
An end to it all with no life ahead
I choose the latter for a new season
Trusting in God as my resolution
Gaining promised eternal life instead
13. What would you do if it was your last day?
Would you ride a horse across a wild moore,
or would you go backpacking in the Alps.
Would you go for a walk along a shore
or would you go for a bike ride on a path,
Would you do that something you never did?
I’d try something new that I’d never done,
I would live for what I want in my life
I’d want my life satisfactory
And hope to achieve what I have worked for.
15. My Concrete Poem
It says: Like a babbling brooke your life is always moving. Always moving forward, some-
times faster than others. Some memories are always there while others are rarely ever seen.
But just remember that no matter what, they are always there. Like a rock.
19. Live like
It’s your last day
For you never know.
Every day should be cherished.
20. Free Verse, Parody, And Ode
Poems
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Free Verse: Free verse is a form of poetry which refrains from
meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern
Parody Poem: a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious
piece of literature or writing
Ode: A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or
meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal
stanzaic structure.
21. Free Verse:
Where?
He’s leaving soon.
He’s going to be gone for a while,
and how strange will that be?
You ask where he is going,
but no one knows.
It’s not decided they say when you ask.
Oh, he’ll be here for a while
then he might be there.
So where is he going to be?
Not here, in my home.
Not anymore.
He’s got a while before he has to go,
but what is a few months really?
When you’ve spent all your years around him,
when he’s lived here all eighteen years of his life,
what is a few months?
So I ask again,
Where are you going?
22. Parody Poem
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
Some say that life’s an adventure
Some say a journey.
From what I’ve experienced
I agree with those who say adventure.
But if I must call it else,
I think they’re close enough
to say that a journey
Is also similar
And would avail.
Original
Parody
