theme in poetry

the attitude of a piece of writing

• theme

• irony

• parable

• tone

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Descriptions of people or objects that relate to the five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch and smell. Language full of imagery appeals to the senses. Example: "Or fester like a sore—and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat?" (from Hughes' "Dream Deferred")

• Rhythm

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

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• Oxymoron
• Palindrome
• Onomontopoeia
• Imagery 

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"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
The extended metaphor of "two roads diverged in a yellow wood," means...

• all the bad choices he made
• the two equal choices in his life
• the good choices he's made
• his wrong path in life 

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Rhyme in which the rhyming words occur at the ends of lines Example: Roses are red; violets are blue, Sugar is sweet and so are you.

• Internal Rhyme

• Assonance

• End Rhyme

• Metaphor

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Internal "feel" of beat and meter perceived when poetry is read aloud. This device is measured in feet (measurement of stressed/ unstressed syllables) and meter (recurring pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables in lines of a set length.)

• Symbolism

• Theme

• Imagery

• Rhythm

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Rhyme in which the rhyming words occur within a line or lines of poetry. Example: Mother Nature sends fresh showers for thirsty flowers.

• Personification

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Alliteration

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The attitude a writer takes toward a subject. Feelings conveyed in the poem.

• Tone

• Mood

• Echo

• Theme

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The poet's distinctive choices in vocabulary. Example: Shakespeare wouldn't say, "Hey, dude;" he would say, "Hello, good fellow."

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Diction

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"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost
 
What is the significance of the allusion of "Eden" from  the "Garden of Eden?" 

• like the "Garden of Eden" nothing stays perfect or long
• like the "Garden of Eden" things stay perfect 
• like "Garden of Eden" life is full of sin
• like the "Garden of Eden" things are unfair

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