Poetry
Figurative Language
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Rhyme
Stanza
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
Onomatopoeia
RHYME: when words end with
the same sound
Little miss Muffett
Sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
When down came a spider
And sat down beside her
And frightened miss Muffett away
STANZA : a group of lines with a
common theme
Jack Spratt could eat no fat
His wife could eat no lean
And so, between them both you see
They licked the platter clean
SIMILE : when something is being
described as being LIKE or AS
something else
O My Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O My Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.
Flint
An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as
heaven;
A flint lies in the mud.
METAPHOR: when something is
described as something
else (like a simile without
like or as)
Example to show the difference:
The man is like a lion – SIMILE
The man is a lion - METAPHOR
A Book Is
adapted from a poem by Kathy Leeuwenburg
A book is
an open flower
scented pages, fragrant hours
a lock and key
that opens doors and sets minds free
an ancient clock
that speaks the times but never talks
an open letter
when read again the friendship's better
an apple core
with seeds inside for growing more
a trusted friend
that keeps its secret to the end
Galaxy
By Elaine Magliaro
Spun in space
A web of stars…
Fireflies caught
On the black silk
Of a summer night
ALLITERATION: when 2 or more words
that are close together,
begin with the same
word or sound
Caring cats cascade off
Laughing lamas
Lounging.
Underneath yelling yaks,
Yelling at roaming
Rats.
Wind whistles
through the air,
while
talking turtles shiver
like sea horses
while everyone is asleep.
PERSONIFICATION: when you give
human characteristics to an
animal or thing
The Train
I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at
tanks;
And then, prodigious, step
The Cat & The Fiddle
Hey diddle, Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the
moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with
the spoon
ONOMATOPOEIA: when words
sound like the sound they are
describing
water plops into a pond
splish-splash downhill
warbling magpies in tree
trilling, melodic thrill
whoosh, passing breeze
flags flutter and flap
frog croaks, bird whistles
babbling bubbles from tap
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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5
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
How many stanzas are there is this poem?
A six
B. one
C. two
D. five
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1
2
3
4
5
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
Which words rhyme with each other? There are two
groups of examples
Identify the figurative language:
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,
3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
5 He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
In line 1
A onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
E. alliteration
Identify the figurative language:
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,
3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
5 He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
In line 1
A onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
E. alliteration
Identify the figurative language:
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,
3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
5 He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
In line 2 (there are two answers)
A onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
E. alliteration
Identify the figurative language:
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,
3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
5 He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
In line 4
A onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
E. alliteration
Identify the figurative language:
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,
3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
5 He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
In line 5
A onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
E. alliteration
Identify the figurative language:
THE EAGLE
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
1 He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
2 Close to the sun in lonely lands,
3 Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
4 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
5 He watches from his mountain walls,
6 And like a thunderbolt he falls
In line 6
A onomatopoeia
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
E. alliteration