1. BOOK TITLE
LOREM IPSUM
DOLOR SET AMET

2. POETRY DEVICES
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3. DEFINITIONS
1. Speaker: The person who speaks
2. Diction: Choice of words and phrases in speech or writing
3. Imaginary: Usually descriptive or figurative language
4. Allusion: An expression used to bring something to mind without
mentioning it explicitly, an indirect or passing reference
5. Simile: A figure of speech where you compare one thing with an-
other thing of a different kind; used to make a description more em-
pathic
6. Personification: Given human characteristics to a non-human
thing
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4. 7. Metaphor- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied
to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
8. Refrain- A repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song,
typically at the end of each verse
9. Symbol- a thing that represents or stands for something else
10. Stanza- a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical
unit in a poem; a verse
11. Alliteration-The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the be-
ginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
12. Onomatopoeia-The formation of a word from a sound associated
with what is named
13. Enjambment- The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of
verse into the next line without a pause.
14. Connotation- An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person
in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
15. Denotation: • The action or process of indicating or referring to
something by means of a word, symbol, etc.
16. Euphemism: Mild or indirect word or expression substituted for
one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something
unpleasant or embarrassing:
17. Tone: A musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, qual-
ity, and strength:
18. Hyperbole: Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be
taken literally.
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6. BLACKOUT POETRY
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7. A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines
of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of
the natural world.
HAIKU
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The beautiful sun.
Beating down on this small town.
Craving summer now.
Rockin' the skinnies.
Fat ass squeeze into these pants.
Lay down to zip up.
The ball comes over.
The winning point of the game.
The crowd goes crazy
Haiku

9. I AM
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10. I am vibrant and straightforward.
I wonder what the day brings.
I hear the birds chirping.
I see the morning sun rise.
I want everything to be perfect for one day.
I am vibrant and straightforward.
I pretend the world is silent.
I feel my self waking up for the day to begin.
I touch the sheets as I get out of bed.
I worry about what the day may bring.
I cry for waking up is just a pain.
I am vibrant and straightforward.
I understand I must get up.
I say to the clock “I hate you”
I dream about going back to bed.
I try getting ready and succeed.
I hope days like this aren’t always to hard to wake up.
I am vibrant and straightforward.
I AM
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11. A poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of for-
mal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syl-
lables per line.
dshgkva
SONNET
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Italian
14
Lines Sonnet
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Quatrains
Ends
with
Couplet
Divided into
an octave.
8 Lines.
Divided into
an Sestet
6 Lines
Shakespearian

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When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see,
For all the day they view things unrespected;
But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,
And darkly bright, are bright in dark directed.
Then thou, whose shadow shadows doth make
bright,
How would thy shadow's form form happy show
To the clear day with thy much clearer light,
When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so!
How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made
By looking on thee in the living day,
When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade
Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!
All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show
thee me.

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Night
In the dark black sky the stars shine brightly.
The sun has gone down and it’s time to sleep.
Its time to take showers and say prayers.
Thank god for your family and your pets.
Falling asleep is always the hardest.
Turn on your night light and try to relax.
Count the sheep that fly over your bed frame.
Fall into a deep dream about the moon.
You are an astronaut flying in your ship.
You land the ship and begin to get out.
The view is so gorgeous and astounding.
I get into the rocket; Time to go.
I just land in my bed as my mom calls.
Its time to get up breakfast is ready.

15. Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry in which the
typographical arrangement of words is as important in
conveying the intended effect as the conventional ele-
ments of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm,
rhyme and so on.
CONCRETE POEM
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Mine

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Olivia’s

18. 17
Nicole’s

19. An acrostic is a poem or other form of writing in which
the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph
or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word
or a message.
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ACROSTIC POEM
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20. My Acrostic Poem
Very energetic
Impossible to be calm
Bright spirited
Ready to partyyyy
Amazingly fun
Not a dull person
Truly just a great person

21. An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or
genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
PARODY POEM
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Jolly Nicoley sat on wall,
Jolly Nicoley had a great fall;
All of her family and all of her
friends
Couldn’t get to her to bend again.
Parody Poem

23. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
FREE VERSE
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The sun comes out
At the begging of the day
To make the world bright
And let the birds sing
Hear their song
Free VerseFree Verse

25. A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular
subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in
varied or irregular meter.
ODE
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