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Poetry
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English
9th Grade
03/24/2011

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Term
Poet Laureate
Definition
Poet of the nation
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Persona
Definition
the mask or voice assumed by a writer. Never assume that the speaker is the author. Refer to the speaker as a persona.
Term
Grape Sherbet
Definition
they didn't know the mounds were graves or as the milk tooths in the ground as headstones. The father made the grape sherbet to make memories.
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Same Song's not fair meanings
Definition
2 possible meanings:
not beautiful
not just
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Coloridge's Definition of poetry
Definition
The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
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Aleksandr Solzhenistsyn
Definition
Poet Laureate of Russia
where he was exiled for years
and put in a concentration camp
Nobel Piece Prize winner
and is most famous for his work One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Term
Same Song visual images
Definition
Example: Aztec Blue
Neon Pink
Frosted Mauve
Term
Same Song literally allusion
Definition
Snow White
Term
Storm of the Mountains main imagery
Definition
visual
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Eating Together Father
Definition
died too young for his age
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Li-Young Lee view of poetry
Definition
compares the complexities of poetry to DNA
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Egar Allen Poe's Definition of poetry
Definition
the best words in the best order
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Rita Dove
Definition
U.S. Poet Laureate 1993-1995
First African American and youngest Poet Laureate
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Small portions purpose
Definition
to say that you have to look at the small things and not just the big picture
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Elegy
Definition
a poem of mourning. Elegies are generally for the dead and generally solemn, even melancholy in tone. THIS IS NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH AN EULOGY.
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Simile
Definition
a figure of speech that uses the word, like, as, than, or resembles to compare things that seem to have little or nothing in common
Term
Figurative Language
Definition
language based on some sort of comparison that is literally not true
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Metaphor
Definition
another kind of comparison between unlike things
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Direct Metaphor
Definition
something is something else(Men are dogs).
Term
Extended Metaphor
Definition
a metaphor carried over several lines
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Personification
Definition
attributing human qualities to an nonhuman thing
Term
Lyric Poem
Definition
unlike a narrative poem which tells a story, a lyric poem suggest a single, strong emotion.
Term
Where does the word "Lyric" come from?
Definition
the Greek word Lyrickko
Term
Baca's suggestion about love
Definition
he suggests love is everything
Term
hogan
Definition
Navajo log home, hexagonalin shape, with a roof of packed earth and a doorway facing east.
Term
E.E Cummings
Definition
sent to prison based on letters he wrote. they thought he was a spy.
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syntax
Definition
arrangement of words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence
Term
E.E. Cummings lack of punctuation and metaphors
Definition
he says that life is not a paragraph and death i think is no parenthesis. The poem lacks punctuation because paragraphs have rules, but life does not so he doesn't use any. Also he says death is not avoidable and necessary.
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Heart! We will forget him! by Emily Dickinson theme
Definition
Unrequited Love
Passion vs. Reason
Term
Dash
Definition
Immediate and strong break in thought.
Emily Dickinson is queen of the dash.
Term
Heart! We will forget him!
what qualities does she want to forget?
Definition
she wants to forget his warmth and light.
Term
Heart! We will forget him!
What literary device is the heart in this poem?
Definition
Personification of the heart
she gives the heart the command to "forget" and "pray tell me"
Term
How many sonnets are there in total?
Definition
154 sonnets in all
Term
Sonnet Sequence
Definition
the original order the sonnets(NOT THE ORDER WE HAVE TODAY). The sequence was thought to form a story.
Term
Sonnet
Definition
14 lines of iambic pentameter, separated into three quatrains(rhyming, four line stanzas).
Term
Couplet
Definition
two consecutive lines of end rhyme
Term
octave
Definition
the first eight lines of a sonnet. These lines ask a question or pose a problem that the persona is having.
Term
sestet
Definition
the last six lines of a sonnet. These lines answer the question or present a resolution to the problem.
Term
The "theme" or thesis of a sonnet
Definition
the couplet
Term
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?
How will the speaker's love become immortal?
Definition
It becomes immortal because as long as people read this poem it lives
Term
Ode
Definition
a long lyric poem about a serious subject, written in a dignified style.
Term
Why did Pablo Neruda change his name?
Definition
so he wouldn't embarrass his family.
Term
What prize was Neruda awarded in 1971?
Definition
Nobel Piece Prize
Term
Why did Neruda flee from Chile, his home?
Definition
He went against the government
Term
Diction
Definition
word choice
Term
Alliteration
Definition
the repetition of consonants sounds in words that appear close together.
Term
The important use of repetition?
Definition
emphasis
Term
We Real Cool
Why is this short in many ways?
Definition
they are uneducated.
The sentences, stanzas, and the whole poem is short because they know that their lives will end soon continuing their actions as is.
Term
alliteration helps?
Definition
emphasize diction
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