Poetry Analysis Review

A line of poetry that ends with a period and completes a thought.

Tells a story; Emphasizes plot or physical action, typically with historical, geographical, or mythical elements.

"Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme" is an example of...

"The fellows...  Then they swarm around me,A hive of honey bees." is an example of  

Exaggerated statements not to be taken  literally

"the memories you used to harbordecided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain" is an example of...

He looked into her eyes/and smiled at her beauty. is an example of...

Poem with no regular patterns of rhyme, meter, or line length. It relies on natural speech rhythms.

Emotional association implied by a word, going beyond the literal meaning in the dictionary.

written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

A line of poetry that continues into the next line with no designated stop or pause.

"grow a beautiful gardenfrom your aching& teach yourselfhow to thrive from it." the tone of this is...

"Northeast, where our forefathers first realized revolution!" is an example of...

Languages used deliberately to achieve a special effect (adding meaning, imagery, emphasis, or contrast)

"We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain" is an example of...

"I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size" is an example of... 

"I have nothing else to give you,so it is a pot full of yellow cornto warm your belly in winter," is an example of...

Comparing two dissimilar things, DOES  NOT USE “Like” or “As

A comparison of two unlike things that continues throughout a poem, or series of sentences in writing.

A brief reference to a familiar place, event, historical figure, biblical or mythological fact or figure.

"No wonder the moon in the window seems to have drifted out of a love poem that you used to know by heart" example of...

a change in the tone/mood in a piece of writing. This change usually corresponds to a change in style or POV

Repetition of same or similar vowel sounds of nearby words.

paragraph of poetry can be any length.

Unrhymed poem using Iambic Pentameter and having no structured rhyme scheme.