My exquisite padlet by Anton Stigler

Imagery definition: imagery is the name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses.

anton_stigler — 2016-10-13 18:13:51 UTC

example: When icicles hang by the wall
And Dick the shepherd blows his nail
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail,
When Blood is nipped and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-who;
Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson's saw,
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marian's nose looks red and raw
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-who;
Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

Shakespeare, William. "Winter - Poem by William Shakespeare."Winter Poems. Web. 13 Oct. 2016. |

anton_stigler — 2016-10-13 18:24:58 UTC

Mood Definition. In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

I have a friend
who is turning gray,
not just her hair,
and I do not know
why this is so.



Is it a lack of vitamin E
pantothenic acid, or B-12?
Or is it from being frantic
and alone?


'How long does it take you to love someone?'
I ask her.

'A hot second,' she replies.

'And how long do you love them?'
'Oh, anywhere up to several months.
'
'And how long does it take you
to get over loving them?'
'Three weeks,' she said, 'tops.
'


Did I mention I am also
turning gray?
It is because I *adore* this woman
who thinks of love
in this way.
 Alice Walker. "Gray." By Alice Walker. Web. 13 Oct. 2016.

Stanza Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-13 18:37:10 UTC

Stanzas in poetry are similar to paragraphs in prose. Both stanzas and paragraphs include connected thoughts and are set off by a space.
“True wit is nature to advantage dress’d;
What oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d.”
"Stanza - Examples and Definition of Stanza." Literary Devices. 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

repetition Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:19:43 UTC

Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.
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."Repetition - Examples and Definition of Repetition." Literary Devices. 04 Nov. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

Speaker Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:24:16 UTC

The speaker is the voice or "persona" of a poem.
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
Poe, By Edgar Allan. "Speaker/ Persona - Examples in Poetry."Speaker/ Persona - Examples in Poetry. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

figure of speach Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:29:05 UTC

Figure of speech. An expressive, nonliteral use of language.
“Hadn’t she felt it in every touch of the sunshine, as its golden finger-tips pressed her lids open and wound their way through her hair?”

onomatopoeia Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:34:46 UTC

Onomatopoeia is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.“The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees…”"Onomatopoeia - Examples and Definition of Onomatopoeia."Literary Devices. 30 Oct. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

alliteration Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:38:15 UTC

Alliteration is a literary device that repeats a speech sound in a sequence of words that are close to each other
“The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.”
"Alliteration - Examples and Definition of Alliteration." Literary Devices. 24 June 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016

rhyme Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:39:54 UTC

Rhyme Definition. A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full!
One for the master, one for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.By Warmwell Cross on to a Cove I Know,. "Rhyme - Examples and Definition of Rhyme." Literary Devices. 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

poetry Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:41:51 UTC

What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?

What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?

What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?

"Alliteration - Examples and Definition of Alliteration." Literary Devices. 24 June 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

rhythm Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:46:00 UTC

Rhythm is a literary device which demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables particularly in verse form.
“This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,”
"Alliteration - Examples and Definition of Alliteration." Literary Devices. 24 June 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016

meter Definition

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:49:10 UTC

Meter is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem.
If music be the food of love, play on;
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
That strain again! it had a dying fall:
O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound,
That breathes upon a bank of violets,
By a Finger Entwined in His Hair…. "Meter - Examples and Definition of Meter." Literary Devices. 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016

free verse Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:51:32 UTC

Free verse is a literary device that can be defined aspoetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or rhythm and does not rhyme with fixed forms.
Come slowly, Eden
Lips unused to thee.
Bashful, sip thy jasmines,
As the fainting bee,
Reaching late his flower,
Round her chamber hums,
Counts his nectars—alights,
And is lost in balms!"Free Verse - Definition and Examples of Free Verse." Literary Devices. 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

end rhyme Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:54:39 UTC

End rhyme is defined as when a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same. “Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;”"End Rhyme - Examples and Definition of End Rhyme." Literary Devices. 08 Dec. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

simile Definition

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 01:58:16 UTC

A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.“I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage.”
By Choosing This Simile, Wordsworth Describes His Loneliness. "Simile - Examples and Definition of Simile." Literary Devices. 20 Mar. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

metaphor Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 02:00:54 UTC

Metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics.“Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day”,
"Metaphor - Examples and Definition of Metaphor." Literary Devices. 23 Dec. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

internal rhyme Definition:

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 02:03:48 UTC

Internal rhyme is a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other.Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door…..

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; – vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow – sorrow for the lost Lenore…
"Internal Rhyme - Definition and Examples of Internal Rhyme."Literary Devices. 29 Oct. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

personification Definition

anton_stigler — 2016-10-24 02:06:11 UTC

Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
“I hied me away to the woods—away back into the sun-washed alleys carpeted with fallen gold and glades where the moss is green and vivid yet. The woods are getting ready to sleep—they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing and are having all sorts of little bed-time conferences and whisperings and good-nights.”"Personification - Examples and Definition of Personification."Literary Devices. 30 Oct. 2015. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.