Edgar allan poe the bells trash it4/5/2023 ![]() ![]() The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together. Image fromġ8 Literary Devices in Poetry Alliteration For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. He said, Madam, I ain't pleased! I said, Neither am I. If it's money you want You're out of luck. I'm just the agent, Don't you see? I said, Naturally, You pass the buck. Back window's cracked, Kitchen floor squeaks, There's rats in the cellar, And the attic leaks. I said, Listen, Before I'd pay I'd go to Hades And rot away! The sink is broke, The water don't run, And you ain't done a thing You promised to've done. He said, Howdy-do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know Your rent is due. Roberta Hill, from “Depot in Rapid City”Ī comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.ġ6 Metaphor “Madam and the Rent Man” by Langston Hughes When the last bus leaves, moths stream toward lights like litter in the wind. The soft gray hands of sleep Toiled all night long To spin a beautiful garment Of dreams (Excerpt)Ī comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles. Is a black and living thing is a favorite child of the universe feel her rolling her hand in its kinky hair feel her brushing it clean is a black shambling bear ruffling its wild back and tossing mountains into the sea is a black hawk circling the burying ground circling the bones picked clean and discarded is a fish black blind in the belly of water is a diamond blind in the black belly of coalġ3 Personification “Forgotten Dreams” by Edward Silvera Something like a paragraph in prose Often expresses a unit of thought May consist of any number of lines In some poems, each stanza has the same rhyme schemeġ0 Figurative Language Personification Simile Metaphor Alliterationġ1 Literary Devices in Poetry PersonificationĪ nonhuman thing or quality is given human-like qualitiesġ2 Personification “the earth is a living thing” by Lucille Clifton And when it was over the moon was rubbed red, And the sun had a very bad lump on its head, 15Ěnd all the next night the moon stayed home in bed, And the sun didn't come out 'til noon.ĩ Stanza A group of consecutive lines that forms a single unit With a scorch and a sizzle, a screech and a shout, 10Ěcross the great heavens they tumbled about, And the moon had a piece of the sun in its mouth, While the sun burned the face of the moon. 5 So they both made remarks about who gave more light And who was the brightest and prettiest sight, And the sun gave a bump and the moon gave a bite, And the terrible sky fight began. The feeling the reader gets from reading Examples: joyful, suspenseful, anxious, angry, sad, lonely, gloomy, disgusted Writers create mood by using: Dialogue A setting A plotĬonnotation: an emotional or social association with a word, giving meaning beyond the literal definition Denotation: the specific, literal image, idea, concept, or object that a word or phrase refers to Word Denotation Connotation a star ball of light/gas in the sky a wish a family group of related individuals love, trust, closeness a dog four legged mammal friend, protector, petĥ’s only Battle in the Sky by Shel Silverstein It wasn't quite day and it wasn't quite night, 'Cause the sun and the moon were both in sight, A situation quite all right With everyone else but them. Can be done through: Word choice imagery detailsĦ Mood The general atmosphere created by the author’s words Used in poetry to convey feeling and emotion Sets the mood for the work. Reader must make an educated guess to the idea that is suggested Make inferencesĥ Tone Author’s attitude toward the writing. They just say it with fewer wordsĤ The Implied Poets often write with implied ideas. Poetry is a language which says more and says it more intensely than prose Poets say the same thing as prose writers. Prose Prose = anything that is not poetry Presentation on theme: "7th grade Poetry Unit."- Presentation transcript:Ģ Poetry A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to emotion and imagination One of the oldest forms of communication Often sung Passed down from generation to generation Meant to be read aloud Read a poem several times to get the feel of itģ Poetry v. ![]()
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