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Create
three of your own poems using three of the above formats.  

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Create
three of your own poems using three of the above formats.  

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1/oak trees are precious.

there buildings of the forest

giving mass of shade.

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In
your own words define Alliteration. Give an example of an Alliteration.

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In
your own words define Alliteration. Give an example of an Alliteration.

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two or more worlds with the same letter

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In
your own words define Onomatopoeia. Give an example of an Onomatopoeia.

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In
your own words define Onomatopoeia. Give an example of an Onomatopoeia.

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a sound

BOOOOOMMMMM,POP,BANG!!!!!

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What
is the format of a diamonte? Find and share an example of a diamonte

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What
is the format of a diamonte? Find and share an example of a diamonte

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Line 1: NounLine 2: Two adjectivesLine   3: Three action verbs that end in "-ing" Line 4: Four nouns

Line 5: Three action verbs that end in "-ing" Line 6: Two adjectives Line 7: Noun

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What
is the format of a haiku? What are haikus generally about? Find and share an
example of a haiku.

 

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What
is the format of a haiku? What are haikus generally about? Find and share an
example of a haiku.

 

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Only needs three lines, with17 syllables throughout.The first line is only 5 syllables.The second line is 7 syllables.The third line is 5 syllables like the first. Haiku are mostly about  nature or natural phenomenon.<br>

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What
is the format of a cinquain? Find and Share an example of a cinquain.

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What
is the format of a cinquain? Find and Share an example of a cinquain.

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Line 1 needs One word Line 2: Two words Line .3: Three words. Line 4: Four words Line 5: One word

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In
your own words define Rhythm. Give an example of Rhythm.

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In
your own words define Rhythm. Give an example of Rhythm.

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Rhythm is like a flow or beat.

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What
is the format of a free verse poem? Find and share an example of a free verse
poem.

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What
is the format of a free verse poem? Find and share an example of a free verse
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Free verse is an open form of poetry. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern.

Fog by Carl Sandburg

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

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Free Verse Poems: No Rules

Free verse poems do not follow the rules, and have no rhyme or rhythm; but they are still an artistic expression. They are sometimes thought to be a modern form of poetry; but, the free verse types of poem have been around for hundreds of years.

Following are examples of free verse poems:

After the Sea-Ship by Walt Whitman

After the Sea-Ship-after the whistling winds;

After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes,

Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks,

Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship:

Waves of the ocean, bubbling and gurgling, blithely prying,

Waves, undulating waves-liquid, uneven, emulous waves,

Toward that whirling current, laughing and buoyant, with curves,

Where the great Vessel, sailing and tacking, displaced the surface;

Fog by Carl Sandburg

The fog comes

on little cat feet.

It sits looking

over harbor and city

on silent haunches

and then moves on.

Free Verse by Robert Graves

I now delight

In spite

Of the might

And the right

Of classic tradition,

In writing

And reciting

Straight ahead,

Without let or omission,

Just any little rhyme

In any little time

That runs in my head;

Because, I've said,

My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayed

Like Prussian soldiers on parade

That march,

Stiff as starch,

Foot to foot,

Boot to boot,

Blade to blade,

Button to button,

Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton.

No! No!

My rhymes must go

Turn 'ee, twist 'ee,

Twinkling, frosty,

Will-o'-the-wisp-like, misty;

Feelings, Now by Katherine Foreman

Some kind of attraction that is neither

Animal, vegetable, nor mineral, a power not

Solar, fusion, or magnetic

And it is all in my head that

I could see into his

And find myself sitting there.

Washed Away by Katherine Foreman

Nothing's changed except me and the facts

And the sadness I didn't mean to start.

But it feels different now you've said

It's wrong, and I still can't see your point.

And I think as water runs over my hands that

That's really all there is or can be.

The gold is wearing off the infamous ring

And something wears away from around my heart.

After the Sea-Ship by Walt Whitman

After the Sea-Ship-after the whistling winds;

After the white-gray sails, taut to their spars and ropes,

Below, a myriad, myriad waves, hastening, lifting up their necks,

Tending in ceaseless flow toward the track of the ship.

Little Father by Li-Young Lee

I buried my father in my heart.

Now he grows in me, my strange son,

My little root who won't drink milk,

Little pale foot sunk in unheard-of night,

Little clock spring newly wet

In the fire, little grape, parent to the future

Wine, a son the fruit of his own son,

Little father I ransom with my life.

Winter Poem by Nikki Giovanni

once a snowflake fell

on my brow and i loved

it so much and i kissed

it and it was happy and called its cousins

and brothers and a web

of snow engulfed me then

i reached to love them all

and i squeezed them and they became

a spring rain and i stood perfectly

still and was a flower

Disappointments by Vivian Gilbert Zabel

Every life has a room

where memories are stored:

A box of special occasions here,

Shelves of shared laughter there.

But back in the shadows

Lurks a trunk locked tight,

Not to be opened and searched.

There hide disappointments

Which darken every heart.

Fantasy or Life by Vivian Gilbert Zabel

So often you say you love me,

Yet you seemingly don't know

I cannot live in fantasy's fog,

Always in the blurred drug of dreams.

I need the clear, crisp light

Found in reality's realm of day,

Not the darkness of mere existence.

Samson Agonistes by Milton

But patience is more oft the exercise

Of Saints, the trial of their fortitude,

Making them each his own Deliver,

And Victor over all

That tyranny or fortune can inflict.

Poetry Genres

Poetry can be classified into three types: lyric, narrative, and dramatic. An explanation and examples will be offered for each type.

Lyric Poetry

Lyric poetry deals with emotions and is written in a song-like way. Two types of lyric poetry are odes and sonnets.

Well-known authors of lyric poetry include:

Christine de Pizan

Teresa of Ávila

Antonio Machado

T. S. Eliot

Shakespeare

Sonnets fall into two types; the Italian sonnet and the English, or Shakespearian sonnet. Poets of the lyric style use words that express their feelings, perceptions, and moods.

An excerpt from Shakespeare's Sonnet Number 18 follows:

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date:"

Narrative Poetry

In narrative poetry a story is told about societies, cultures, and heroes. Epic poems are very long, many times covering years of events; and ballads are another type of narrative poem.

Authors of note include:

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edgar Allan Poe

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Here is an excerpt from Hiawatha by Longfellow:

"On the shore stood Hiawatha,

Turned and waved his hand at parting;

On the clear and luminous water

Launched his birch canoe for sailing,

From the pebbles of the margin

Shoved it forth into the water;

Whispered to it, "Westward! westward!"

And with speed it darted forward."

Dramatic Poetry

Dramatic poetry is written in verse and is usually meant to be recited. It tells a story or describes an event in a dramatic and interesting way.

Poets of note include:

Shakespeare

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

Rudyard Kipling

Following is an excerpt from Kipling's The Law of the Jungle.

"Wash daily from nose-tip to tail-tip; drink deeply, but never too deep;And remember the night is for hunting, and forget not the day is for sleep.The Jackal may follow the Tiger, but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown,Remember the Wolf is a Hunter -- go forth and get food of thine own.Keep peace withe Lords of the Jungle -- the Tiger, the Panther, and Bear.And trouble not Hathi the Silent, and mock not the Boar in his lair."

Free verse poems could be any of these types of poetry or even a combination of any of them.

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Free verse poems do not follow the rules, and have no rhyme or rhythm; but they are still an artistic expression. They are sometimes thought to be a modern form of poetry; but, the free verse types of poem have been around for hundreds of years.

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In
your own words define hyperbole. Find and share an example of a hyperbole.

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In
your own words define hyperbole. Find and share an example of a hyperbole.

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is when you exaggerate something.

My Dog

His bark breaks the sound barrier
His nose is as cold as an ice box.
A wag of his tail causes hurricanes
His jumping causes falling rocks.
He eats a mountain of dog food
And drinks a water fall dry.
But though he breaks the bank
He’s the apple of my eye.
Poetry by Sharon Hendricks

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We are all prone to exaggerate at times. Hyperbole Poems from the writers at My Word Wizard take it to the next level with a playful collection of poetry written in overstated, figurative language.

Let's look at a fun example. "His legs are as big as a Mac Truck". In comparing a person's legs to large truck usually used in construction, we are clearly exaggerating. Our aim is to express a point that this gentleman's got pretty big legs. !magine the size of his trousers!

You'll really enjoy our selection of verse that stretch the truth (just a bit!).

Appetite

What Am I?

I'm bigger than the entire earth
More powerful than the sea
Though a million, billion have tried
Not one could ever stop me.
I control each person with my hand
and hold up fleets of ships.
I can make them bend to my will
with one word from my lips.
I'm the greatest power in the world
in this entire nation.
No one should ever try to stop
a child's imagination.

Thanksgiving

My Dog

Summertime is Here

Poetry by Sharon Hendricks

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We are all prone to exaggerate at times. Hyperbole Poems from the writers at My Word Wizard take it to the next level with a playful collection of poetry written in overstated, figurative language. Let's look at a fun example. "His legs are as big as a Mac Truck".

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In
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something that is repeated.

I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody too?
Then there’s a pair of us-don’t tell!
They’d banish us you know

by Emily Dickinson

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Definition of Repetition

Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. There are several types of repetition commonly used in both prose and poetry.

As a rhetorical device, it could be a word, a phrase, or a full sentence, or a poetical line repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text. Repetition is not distinguished solely as a figure of speech, but more as a rhetorical device.

Types of Repetition

The following examples of repetition are classified according to the different types of repetition used, both in literature and in daily conversations.

Anadiplosis: Repetition of the last word in a line or clause.

Anaphora: Repetition of words at the start of clauses or verses.

Antistasis: Repetition of words or phrases in opposite sense.

Diacope: Repetition of words broken by some other words.

Epanalepsis: Repetition of the same words at the beginning and the end of a sentence.

Epimone: Repetition of a phrase (usually a question) to stress a point.

Epiphora: Repetition of the same word at the end of each clause.

Gradatio: A construction in poetry wherein the last word of one clause becomes the first of the next, and so on.

Negative-Positive Restatement: Repetition of an idea first in negative terms, and then in positive terms.

Polyptoton: Repetition of words of the same root, with different endings.

Symploce: A combination of anaphora and epiphora, in which repetition is both at the end and at the beginning.

Short Examples of Repetition in Poetry

1. If you think you can do it, you can do it.

2. The boy was a good footballer, because his father was a footballer, and his grandfather was a footballer.

3. The bird said, "I don't sing because I am happy, I am happy because I sing."

4. The judge commanded, stamping his mallet on the table, "Order in the court, order in the court."

5. The refugees were crossing into the neighboring country when they saw blood all around - blood on the passageways, blood on the fields, blood on the

6. When they came out of the cinema hall they all agreed, the film was a waste of money, it was a waste of time and energy.

7. The boy was terrified when he was taken to the hospital; he shuddered at the least sound, and he shuddered at the least breath of air into the room.

8. The president said, "Work, work, and work," are the keys to success.

9. The students chanted to raise the spirits of their team during the match, "We will win, we will win."

Examples of Repetition in Literature

Example #1: One Art (By Elizabeth Bishop)

" The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster...
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster."

In this example, the poet has repeatedly used the refraining line "The art of losing isn't hard to master" throughout the poem. This refraining line creates rhythm, and emphasizes the idea. Notice that this line, however, varies slightly in the final stanza, yet is still considered to be a refrain.

Example #2: Annabel Lee (By Edgar Allan Poe)

"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know ...

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee ..."

The poet is using the refraining line "In a kingdom by the sea." This appears in the second line of each stanza, and recurs in the final line of the third stanza, drawing readers' attention, and contributing to its meter and rhythm.

Example #3: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (By Dylan Thomas)

" Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light ...

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

This is very a famous poem using repetitions of the refrain, "Do not go gentle into that good night," and "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." These refrains make the poem catchy and easy to remember.

Example #4: Stopping by Woods On a Snowy Evening (By Emily Dickinson)

"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."

Frost has used a repeated refrain in only the last stanza, as he utters, "And miles to go before I sleep." It gives rhythm to the poem, and lays emphasis on this idea of doing many things before dying.

Example #5: Excelsior (By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

"The shades of night were falling fast...
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!

There in the twilight cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay...
A voice fell like a falling star,
Excelsior! "

The poet makes use of refrain "Excelsior!" throughout the entire poem, creating rhythm and drawing the attention of readers.

Example #6: The Properly Scholarly Attitude (By Adelaide Crapsey)

"The poet pursues his beautiful theme;
The preacher his golden beatitude ...
Of the properly scholarly attitude-
The highly desirable, the very advisable,
The hardly acquirable, properly scholarly attitude."

In this poem, Crapsey uses the refrain, "properly scholarly attitude" to highlight the theme of being a poet having proper scholarly attitude.

Example #7: O Captain! My Captain! (By Walt Whitman)

" O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up - for you the flag is flung - for you the bugle trills..."

The poet uses refrain throughout this poem to emphasize the mournful theme. See the repetition of the words "captain," "rise up," and "for you" in just these two lines. This theme continues throughout.

Example #8: 1940 Speech to House of Commons (By Winston Churchill)

" We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender."

This is a beautiful example of repetition in prose, where the speaker has repeated "we shall," and "we shall fight" several times.

Example #9: I Have a Dream speech (By Martin Luther King, Jr.)

" I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification - one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

In this famous speech by American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., he repeats the phrase "I have a dream" a number of times. This makes the speech very powerful and memorable.

Function of Repetition

Refrain is purely a poetic device, and the most important function that a refrain may serve in poetry is to lay emphasis and create rhythm. When a line or phrase recurs in a poem, or a piece of literature, it becomes noticeable to the readers. By using refrain, poets can make their ideas memorable, and draw the attention of readers toward a certain idea. This is done by using a single line recurrently throughout a poetic work, allowing readers to take a pause each time they come upon such repetition.

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Repetition - Examples and Definition of Repetition

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Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. There are several types of repetition commonly used in both prose and poetry. As a rhetorical device, it could be a word, a phrase, or a full sentence, or a poetical line repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text.

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What
is the format of a concrete poem? Find and share an example of a concrete poem.

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What
is the format of a concrete poem? Find and share an example of a concrete poem.

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The words form shapes which illustrate the poem’s subject as a picture, as well as through their literal meaning.

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In
your own words define Rhyme scheme. Give an example of internal, end and near
rhyme scheme.

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In
your own words define Rhyme scheme. Give an example of internal, end and near
rhyme scheme.

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Its when the two or more words rhyme.

The snowflakes are dancing, floating, and falling. The church bells are calling, but I will not go

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What
is the format of a narrative poem? Find and share an example of a narrative
poem.

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What
is the format of a narrative poem? Find and share an example of a narrative
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Narratives is to a tell stories.

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In
your own words define allusion. Find and share an example of an allusion.

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In
your own words define allusion. Find and share an example of an allusion.

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references a famous work of art or literature, or to something from your own life