Understanding Poetry Unit

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AP Lit Poetry Unit

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form

  • physical structure of the poem:

    • line length

    • rhythm + meter

    • system of rhymes + repetition

  • developed over time in different cultures

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stanza structure

  • arrangement of lines into groups, separated by an empty line

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rhythm and meter

meter — rhythm and sound pattern of a line of poetry, pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

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line structure

  • lineation — when a line of poetry stops and a new line begins

    • *poets choose to place certain words in certain places for a reason

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Sound Effects

  • the way the poem sounds affects the readers’ interpretation of mood, tone, fluency, possibly even meaning of poem

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figurative language

  • vivid images

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stanza structure (SS)

SS 2 lines

couplet

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SS 3 lines

tercet

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SS 4 Lines

Quatrain

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SS 5 Lines

Cinquain

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SS 6 Lines

Sestet7

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SS 7 Lines

SeptetS

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S 8 lines

octave

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Stanzas

  • have certain rhyme scheme

    • groups ideas/images together, indicate change in tone, idea, focus, pause for thought / create silence which affects the meaning

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Line Structure (LS)

  • poets are also specific in how they format their lines

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End-Stop (LS)

  • break at the end of a line, denoted by a comma, period, semicolon, or other punctuation mark

    • brief pause created between lines

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enjabment

  • continuation of sentence or clause over a line-break

    • thought runs on from one line to the next

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caesura

  • strong pause within a line

    • can emphasize certain words

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metaphor

comparison between two unlikely things

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simile

comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as”

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personification

giving human qualities to non-human things

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hyperbole

exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point

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euphemism

softer, less offensive word or phrase used as a substitute for one considered too harsh when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

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synecdoche

a part is used to represent the whole

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pun

play on words; can be on different meanings of the same word or on the similar sense or sound of different words

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oxymoron

when incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side

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anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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allusion

reference to well-known person, story, idea (often Biblical or mythological), left to the reader to make the connection

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