Narrative a mournful or reflective poem Often written for someone who is dead Elegy a lyric poem usually expressing emotions in a complex scheme of rhyme and meter Ode Octaves and Sestets Oct ID: 353766
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a poem that tells a story and has a plot
NarrativeSlide2
a mournful or reflective poemOften written for someone who is dead
ElegySlide3
a lyric poem, usually expressing emotions in a complex scheme of rhyme and meter
OdeSlide4
Octaves and SestetsSlide5
‘Oct’ means 8. Some examples we know include octopus or octagon.
The term ‘octave’ refers to the first 8 lines in a sonnet.
OctaveSlide6
A six-line stanzaThe final six lines of a 14-line Italian or Petrarchan sonnet.
SestetSlide7
14 lines, each containing 10 syllables and written in iambic pentameter (u/ x5)
Rhyme scheme:
a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g
Shakespearian SonnetSlide8
Similar, but with a different rhyme scheme and an attempt to solve a problem or answer a question.
Octave poses a problem
Sestet tries to solve it
Italian SonnetSlide9
A figurative comparison that relates a person or thing to something else, without using like
or
as.
Ex. America is a melting pot.
Ex. Her home was a prison.
MetaphorSlide10
A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as like
or
as
Ex. He is like a dog.
Ex. She is as smart as a fox.
SimileSlide11
Anything that stands for or represents something elseEx. Doves = peace
Ex. 8=fortune, 6=luck, 4=death
Ex. A ladder may symbolize a connection between heaven and earth.
SymbolSlide12
The descriptive language used in poetry to re-create sensory experiences
ImageSlide13
Deliberate exaggeration or overstatement Ex. I could eat a million of these.
Ex. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.
HyperboleSlide14
An ironical understatement in which affirmative is expressed by the negation of the opposite.Ex. He is not unattractive.
Ex. She is not doing bad.
Litotes (lie-to-tees)Slide15
A direct address to an absent person or personified quality, object or idea.Ex. Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Ex. Death, why do you follow me everywhere I go?
ApostropheSlide16
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.Ex. A
cluster of lab coats
made plans for lunch.
Ex. Let’s
go to bed.
MetonymySlide17
Figure of speech in which a part of something is used to stand for the whole
Ex. Montreal won 3-2.
Ex. The world had turned against him.
Synecdoche (
sinnec
-do-key)Slide18
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