Freshman Poetry Book

1. Kyla’s Book of
Poetry

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
5. simile- comparison using like or as.
Wagon Wheel.
Poetry Devices
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3. 6. personification - an imaginary person or creature consieved or figure to represent a
thing or abstraction
7. metaphor - comparison - not using lie 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 poems
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 without 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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4. Haiku
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5. Haiku
Definition- A poem of seventeen sylla-
bles, in three lines of five, seven, and
five.
An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
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6. Blackout Poetry
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7. vi
My black out poetry

8. I Am
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9. I Am
SECTION 1
I am understanding and loving
I wonder about the future
I hear the past replay in my head
I see my regrets of the past
I want to see the good in things
I am understanding and loving.
I pretend to be happy
I feel the pain
I touch
I worry for my family
I cry when I think about the past
I am understanding and loving
I understand the pain of others
I say happiness is the key to everything
I dream about being successful and
happy
I try to forgive others for the pain they’ve
caused me
I hope my future is full of happiness
I am understanding and loving.
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10. Sonnet
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11. Sonnet
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Shakespearian
Couplets
3 Quatrains
Italian
Seset
Octet

12. Sonnet
Example
I really wish I was never born,
For faced with life I feel so worn.
Pressures of the world upon my back,
Gives me no allowance to slack.
For if I relax for just one second,
The angels of heaven would beckon.
The dangers sometimes drive,
Me to consider taking my life.
Failures, fear, misery and grief,
Am I to never see the blue of a river or the green
of a leaf?
Pain, sorrow, liquid from the eyes,
Is there no relief from all these lies?
At night I cry alone, filled with strife,
But I have to face the truth: that's life.
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13. Concrete
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15. Acrostic
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16. Acrostic
SECTION 1
Funny
Respectful
Incredible
Easy Going
Nice
Dazzling
Sweet
&
Fabulous
Amazing
Memorable
Inspiring
Loving
Yapping
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17. Free Verse
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18. Definition- Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
Definition- Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Fog by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
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19. Parody Poem
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20. Humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature.
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
by Robert Frost
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21. Ode
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22. A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or
manner and written in varied or irregular meter
Or a poem meant to be sung.
Ode to the people who were forgotten
They were once loved and cared for
Ode to their lives
Everyday they hurt
While in desperation for love
and generosity.
Ode to their heart
That was torn apart viciously
With little consideration
Of their inner feelings
Ode to their memories
That bring back happiness
Or to the ones
That are very vague.
Ode to those who have tried
Those who haven't given up
The ones that will keep climbin
For them life hasn't been easy.
MIZZ MIDNIGHT FIRE
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