Thursday, April 29, 2010

Quatrain


Definition: A verse of poetry consisting of four lines, especially one with lines that rhyme alternately.
Ex: Winter by Natalia is a Quatrain because it is a 4 lined poem.

Sonnet


Definition: Fourteen-line rhyming poem with a set structure.
Ex: Lord Vishnu is a type of sonnet.
This is a sonnet because its structure is A B C D E F D

Allusion


Definition: An indirect reference to someone or something.
Ex: "I have a dream that school will be over in 2012."
This is a reference to MLK Jr.'s speech.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Mood


Definition: The mood is the feeling or atmosphere of a piece.
Ex: Angry, Happy, depressed, Energetic.
These are mood because they tell about how the piece of literature is being portrayed.

Rhyme


Defintion: Is when the end word or a line has the same sound as a line in the peom.
Ex: Dear Slim, I wrote you but you still aint callin'. I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom. I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not have got 'em.
This is an example of a rhyme because autumn and got 'em has the same sound.

Personification


Definition: To give a nonliving thing person like qualities.--------poetic device.


Ex: The cloud cried softly on the quiet town. This is personification because it is giving the cloud the ability to cry which it cant actually do.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

imagery


def:the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively----poetic device.

ex:juicy,stinky,rough,loud,shadowed...
These words are imagery because they appeal to the senses.