EOG Poetry Review

1. couplet two lines that rhyme; example from Romeo and Juliet: "But that a joy past joy calls out to me, It were a grief so brief to part with thee"
2. scheme the pattern of each line: Ex. ABCD, ABCD, AABB, ABAB. Label the line according to how they rhyme
4. humorous, silly, five line poem
7. rhythmical pattern, beats and stressed syllables
10. compare two things without using like or as
13. use of words that imitate sounds
14. poem poem that tells a story. It follows the plot diagram. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
15. song-like poems that tell a story about adventure and romance
18. writing or speech that appeals to the senses
19. poem expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker
20. repeating consonant end sounds at the end of words. Ex: "hand, end, band, attend"
22. repetition of vowel sounds: a, e, i,o,u, and sometimes y. "hay, day, fade"
23. how poetry is structured- a group of lines forms a stanza
24. use like or as to compare two unlike things

1. repetition of sounds at the end of words. Ex: hand and land.
3. repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: feathered friend
5. language writing that is imaginative and not meant to be taken literally
6. give something human qualities to things that aren't human
8. rhyme rhymes at the end of lines
9. metaphor A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout the lines in a poem. (Example: "Mother to Son")
11. three line Japanese poem usually about nature. Syllables : 5, 7, 5
12. repeated use of a sound, word, or phrase to emphasize it.
16. verse poetry without rhymes and without structure: Ex: "Mother to Son"
17. devices types of figurative language that add a musical quality to poetry like alliteration
21. rhyme when a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end of a line. Ex: I have such a good day when outside I can play