Poetry Check-in Review

Over the yawning chimney hangs the fog.

"He clasps the crag with crooked hands" - Alfred Lord Tennyson

A reference to a person, place, or thing from history, literature, or current events

Words that mimic that sounds that they describe

Her voice is like sunshine

Assigning human qualities to non-human objects/things

I'm no Hercules, but I can try to open your stuck locker for you.

My homework must have grown legs and walked away!

The feeling we get when we read a poem

When a comparison lasts for the length of the poem rather than a small portion of the poem

The feeling we get when hearing/reading a word or phrase

"Life is a broken winged bird/that cannot fly." - Langston Hughes

"Boy, you've got my heartbeat running away" - Nikki Minaj

Repeating the same beginning sound in two or more words

A figurative comparison of two unlike things

"I'll love you til the river jumps over the mountain" - WH Auden

The wind whistled by the window

A figurative comparison of two unlike things using "like", "as", or "than"

An obvious exaggeration

Kerry flew around the kitchen like a busy bee