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POETRY EXERCISE
LINE
- A line of the poem.
STANZA A paragraph in a
poem.
FORM - The appearance of the
words on the page.
IMAGERY - Reading can cause
sense perceptions like sights, sounds, tastes, or
tactile sensations.
METAPHOR - A direct
comparison of two things;
Juliet
is the Sun, and I am moon.
SIMILE An indirect
comparison of two things using like, as, or
resembles
; Juliet is like the Sun. I
resemble the moon.
HYPERBOLE
Exaggerated figure of speech used to create
emphasis; the path went on forever.
ONOMATOPOEIA - Words
that imitate sounds:
Buzz , oink, meow, roar, zip, and zap.
PERSONIFICATION
- Giving anthropomorphic
qualities
to animals or inanimate objects:
Arise fair sun, and
kill the envious moon.
REVERSE
PERSONIFICATION - Giving
inanimate or
animals animal qualities to
people: I am the sky. I am the birds
that fly.
ANASTROPHE -
Inversion of normal word order:
Truly wonderful the
mind of a child is. Yoda
Alliteration
repeating an initial
sound:
Peter
Piper
picked
a
peck
of
pickled
peppers.
INTERPRET THIS
POEM WITH THE ABOVE CONCEPTS
ANSWER
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a
cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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