Understanding Poetry

what type of poem is this?

• poem

• sonnet

• villanelle

• sestina

what is this an example of?

• illusion

• allusion

• figurative language

• simile

the iamb, the trochee, the anapest, the dactyl

• symbols

• fixed forms

• sound patterns

what is it

• it is what it is

• calling something to mind and saying where it is from

• mentioning other work and giving credit

• reference to something without explicitly saying it

what sound pattern is this: in-ter-cept

• anapest

• dactyl

• trochee

• iamb

What should you do when you read poems

• only pull out words that you don't know

• read them repeatedly

• read them once or twice

• break them down (tpfasstt)

What does poetry depend on heavily?

• rhyme

• imagery

• shifts

• allusion

what is this an example of?

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

• detail

What pattern is the most commonly used in English?

• villanelle

• sestina

• sonnet

What is it?

• title, paraphrase, figurative language, symbols, shifts, title, theme

• title, paraphrase, figurative language, shift, speaker, title, theme

• type, partner, form, symbols, speaker, time frame, theme

• title, part most liked, form, syntax, symbol, title, theme