Which sentences feature personification?

Authors, poets, and songwriters all use allusion in their writing. What is allusion?

What is the rhyme scheme for Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?

This form of writing often uses imagery, rhyme, or rhythm to create an emotional response.

Which type of figurative language is used in this poem?

Booming and Banging

thunder in the air

Crashing and Rumbling

waves against wet rock

Which poetic device is demonstrated in this poem?

“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.”

The attitude the author has towards the subject of his/her writing. This is established by the author’s word choice.

In poetry, this is a grouped set of lines within a poem.

Find the two similes in this verse.

I'm headed Downtown,

cruising through the alley

Tip-toeing in the street like ballet

Pulled up, moped to the valet

Whitewalls on the wheels like mayonnaise

This is a musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.

How many metaphors are in this stanza?

You're a falling star,

You're the getaway car.

You're the line in the sand

when I go too far.

When you use words or expressions to convey a meaning that is different from the literal, or everyday, meaning. This type of language dresses up ordinary writing, so it's more colorful and engaging.

Is this stanza from a rhyming or free verse poem?

O beautiful

was the werewolf

in his evil forest.

We took him

to the carnival

and he started

crying

when he saw

the Ferris wheel.

Are these stanzas from a rhyming or free verse poem?

I tend the mobile now

like an injured bird

We text, text, text

our significant words.

I re-read your first,

your second, your third,

look for your small xx,

feeling absurd.

True or false? Symbolism is when a physical objects represents an abstract idea, feeling, or thought.

Select all of the sentences which could be theme statements for a poem, story, or song?

What might the reader's mood being after reading this poem?

An elephant slept in his bunk,

And in slumber his chest rose and sunk.

But he snored — how he snored!

All the other beasts roared,

So his wife tied a knot in his trunk.

This poetic device is the repetition of vowel sounds within neighboring words. It's used to set the mood and add meaning.

Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within words or at the end of words.

Select the examples of consonance.