Poetry Study Guide
Rhyme scheme:
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem. Each new end rhyme is given a new letter.
I don’t know how anything’s done. A
Does the earth turn or is it the sun? A
Is electricity made by a kite? B
Are star twinkles just the refelection of light? B
How thnder is made and how engines run- A
I don’t know how anything’s done. A
Poetic structures:
Some poems follow a rhyme scheme and others are free verse. Free verse poems do not rhyme!
Stanza: a section of lines of poetry (like a paragraph).
Here are some other forms/structures of poems:
Firgurative language:
A simile is a comparison using like or as.
oYour words like knives cut me down.
A metaphor is a comparison that does not use like or as. It can be a short comparison or an entire poem
can be a metaphor for something else.
oMy heart is a radio.
Personification is when we assign human traits to nonhuman objects.
oThe sun smiled down on us.
Alliteration is the repetition of the first letter sound.
oPleasant people enjoy popular poetry.
Hyperbole is an exageration for emphasis.
oThis room is a disaster zone.
Onomatopoea is a sound word.
oZoom, moo, thud
