H-English Poetry Test

Imagism Characteristics

-presents a clear image -direct treatment of the topic; whether subjective or objective; no vague generalities - use of precise language and exact wording -use of the language of common speech; no decorative language -use of free verse; rejection of old rhythms

Sonnet Characteristics

14 lines- octave and sestet Shakespearean Sonnet has the following: iambic pentameter rhyming couplet ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme

Sonnet 18 by william shakespeare publish...

1590's

When was "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" published?

1648

"Love and Friendship" publish date...

1846

"Annabel Lee" publish date

1849

When was "Sea Fever" published?

1912

"golliath and David" written

1917

When was "I Shall Forgtet You Presently, My Dear" published?

1922

When was "Stopping By the Woods On a Snowy Evening" published?

1923

When was "The Red Wheelbarrow" published?

1923

"This is just to say" William Carlos Williams publication date

1934??

"Do not go gentle into that Good night" publish date

1951

"We Real Cool" publish date...

1959/ 1960

"One Art" published?

1977

"The Fish" Elizabeth Bishop publication date

1979

Simile

A comparison of two different things or ideas using "like" or "as."

Metaphor

A comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as."

Apostrophe

A form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate. These are all addressed directly.

Villanelle

A french verse form consisting of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with the first and third lines of the first stanza repeating alternately in the following stanzas. These two refrain lines from the final couplet in the quatrain.

Stanza

A grouping of lines in a poem.

Personification

A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics.

Iambic Pentameter

A line of verse consisting of five iambs; a pattern of five stressed and five unstressed syllables.

Iamb

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

Ballad

A narrative poem that imitates a centuries-old practice of telling stories or fold tales in songs

Pun

A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings. These can have serious as well as humorous uses. (Jessica loves these).

Villanelle Characteristics

-- five three-line stanzas followed by a final quatrain --the first and third lines of the first stanza repeat alternately in the following stanzas --the two refrain lines form the final couplet in the quatrain --Rhyme Scheme: ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA --often written in iambic pentameter

Slant Rhyme

Approximate rhyme; words that don't rhyme but come close

Allusion

A reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing.

Sestet

A six line stanza.

Sonnet

A specific poetic form containing 14 lines of verse, a fixed rhyme scheme, a typically fixed meter; there are many different types; it is derived from a word that means "little song."

Repetition

A technique where the writer deliberately uses any element of language more than once for effect - words, phrases, sentences, grammatical patterns, or rhythmical patterns.

Meter

A unit of rhyme in poetry; also called a metric foot.

Rhythm

An audible pattern in the beat of a poem or verse

Octave

An eight line stanza.

"Annabel Lee" overview

Annabel lee is his lover and he talks about young/strong love. Starts out like a fairytale but ends up bad. Annabel lee died because the angels were jelous that their love was geater than the love of the angels so they took annabel lee. he goes by her tomb by the sea or thinks about her all the time

Symbol

Any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself: a quality, attitude, belief, or value.

Overview of "We Real Cool"

Author wrote this because she saw 7 boys shooting pool instead of being at school. Mocking the boys. Boys have no respect for the "establishment"

Foot

Basic unit of measurement of a poem's meter, usually made up of at least one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables.

"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" is known as what type of poem?

Carpe Diem Poem

Poetic Form

The structure of a poem including the length of lines, rhythm, rhyme, etc.

Prosody

The study of sound and rhythm in poetry.

Narration

The telling of a story in writing or speaking.

Imagery

The use of words or phrases by a writer to represent people, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the reader's senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.

Who wrote "Annabel Lee"

Edgar Allan Poe

Who wrote "One Art"

Elizabeth Bishop

Who wrote "Love and Friendship"?

Emily Bronte

Sonnet 18 overview

Every beauty declines but the power of the written word gives life,, word never dies long after someone writes it. Compares beauty and youth to the sun with seasons.

The Fish" overview

From fishermen prospective. Catches old fish that doesnt fight. wise old fish. through imagism we know the fish is old. The inside of the fish is pretty (work of art). The 5 pieces of line and hooks on the fishes lips are medals that he won a fight against the fishermen. She spared the fish bc she felt compassion for it. Theme- oneness with nature/ compassion/ humanity vs. nature (unfair fight)

Style

The writer's characteristic manner of writing; his/her use of language in his/her particular manner.

Tone

The writer's or speaker's attitude towards a subject, character, or audience, and is conveyed through the author's choice of words and detail.

"Love and Friendship" overview

compares friends to holly and love to rose-briar. Holly or friendship is pretty even in the winter or rough times, rose-briars or love are only pretty in the summer or good times but also have thorns. New love can outshine friendship. Love doesnt always live but friendship does bc its constant regardless of the seasons.

Who wrote "We Real Cool"?

Gwendolyn brooks

"This is just to say" overview

Informal. No punctuation. Free verse. About eating plums in the icebox. Could have no meaning, or could be sexual (not likely). Theme- asking for forgiveness after an indulgence

WHy is "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" still popular today?

It is a universal message & can be applied to anything.

Who wrote "Sea Fever"?

John Masefield

Theme of "golliath and David"

Just bc it has not happen yet, doesnt mean it wont. War doesnt spare anyone. The underdog doe not always win.

Overview of "Sea Fever"?

Noisy poem with rhythm and rhyme. Very loud. Sense of urgency to get down to the sea. 1st person. It follows the movement of the tall ship in rough water through its use of iambs. Mostly iambic pentameter

Free Verse

Non metrical unrhymed lines of poetry

Extended Metaphor

Occurs when an author extends or sustains a metaphor through multiple lines of poetry.

"Stopping By the Woods On a Snowy Evening" Overview

Poem about an old man walking through the woods and he stops and reflects while enjoying the snowy woods. Talking about how this man is staring right into death and is not afraid of it. Makes death sound appealing-like

Overview of "The Red Wheelbarrow"

Poem that glorifies something simple (the red wheelbarrow) and broke the traditional rules of poetry.

Shift/Turn

Refers to a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader.

End Rhyme

Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines

Internal Rhyme

Rhyme that occurs within the lines

Who wrote "golliath and David" by Robert Graves

Robert Graves

Who wrote "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?

Robert Herrick

Who wrote "Stopping By the Woods On a Snowy Evening"?

Robert frost

"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" overview

Saying that "virgins" as in unmarried people, should seis the day and that youth is better because as you get older things get worse.

What is the TED TALKS interpretation of Sonnet 18 (eulogy)

Shakespeare's son Hamnet dies and this poem gives life to his dead son, Hamnet.

"I Shall Forgtet You Presently, My Dear" overview

Shakespearian Sonnet. talking about what lovers say when love is new. love wont last. vows will break. overall, wether you find fulfillment in love or not, everyone dies.

What is William Carlos Williams know for writing about?

Simple things

Sound devices

Stylistic techniques that convey meaning through sound.

Syntax

The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence.

Mood

The atmosphere or predominant emotion in a literary work.

Theme

The central message of a literary work. This is NOT the same as the subject of a work. This is a universal truth that the author of the work wishes to convey to his/her audience. It is a statement about life or human nature.

Alliteration

The practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound.

Consonance

The repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to produce a harmonious effect.

Rhyme

The repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that appear close to each other in a poem

Assonance

The repetition of vowels in a series of words.

Rhyme Scheme

The rhyme pattern of the ending lines

"One Art" overview

This poem goes from loosing trivial to big things. Loosing someone is an "Art". You must practice. She looses track of her memories and tries to convince herself it is not that big of a deal.

What disease did everyone that EDGAR ALLAN POE loved die from?

Tuberculosis

"Do not go gentle into that Good night" is a _________________.

Villanelle

Who wrote "The Red Wheelbarrow"?

William Carlos Williams

Figures of Speech

Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of something else. They always involve some sort of imaginative comparison between things. Not meant to be taken literally, used to produce images in a reader's mind and to express ideas in fresh, vivid, and imaginative ways. The most common types are simile, metaphor, and personification.

Quatrain

a four line stanza.

Shakespearean Sonnet

a type of sonnet containing 14 lines and ending with a rhyming couplet, which acts as the conclusion. The rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEFGG. They are typically written in iambic pentameter. They may consist of three quatrains and a concluding couplet or an octave and a sestet.

"golliath and David" overview

about the author's friend david who dies in battle. takes place in WW1. trench warfare. CRISIS OF FAITH WITH THE AUTHOR. david and golliath bible story. effect of war on 2 friends. asking god why he saived David in the bibile but not his david.

"Do not go gentle into that Good night" overview

saying to fight dying. do not give up and die. talks to his father who is daying. talks to the wildmen, grave men, and good men telling them to love their lives. there is always something more to do before death.

What is enjambement?

when a sentence is broken in half by the end of a line and continues to the next line.