CCU Intro to Lit Poetry Notes
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Read the poem through once without stopping
Reread the poem
Read the poem again
Look for other literary devices
Paraphrase each line or section.
What are the 5 steps to analyzing poetry?
Normal word order of all the sentences (SVC)
Diction
Syntax
Any allusions and comparisons
What should you identity in a poem?
metaphors, similes, personification, extended metaphors, apostrophes, symbols
What are literary devices to look for in poems?
Get a sense of who is speaking and don’t assume that the speaker is the author.
What should you do when paraphrasing a poem’s line or section?
couplet
two lines
tercet
three lines
quatrain
four lines
quintrain
five lines
sestet
six lines
septet
seven lines
octave (octet)
eight lines
refrain
a phrase or sentence repeated at interval in a poem (usually at the end)
iamb (iambic)
an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one (away)
trochee (trochaic)
an accented syllable followed by an unaccented one (maybe)
anapest (anapestic)
two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one (intercede)
dactyl (dactylic)
an accented syllable followed by two unaccented one (happily)
spondee (spondaic)
two accented syllables (playmate)
monosyllabic foot
one accented syllable (go)
caesura
a strong pause somewhere in the line; often emphasizes meaning; shows strong contrasts or close relationships between ideas
onomatopoeia
words that sound like what they mean
alliteration
repetition of sounds at the beginning of a word
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
consonance
repetition of final consonant sounds paired by different vowels
masculine rhyme
rhymed words ending with a stressed syllable
feminine rhyme
rhymed words ending with one or more unaccented syllables
internal rhyme
rhymed words within a line
end rhyme
rhymed words at the end of a line
approximate rhyme
words that are close to rhyming
eye rhyme
looks the same in spelling but pronounced differently
lines
the visual structural device of poetry
enjambment
the continuance of a phrase from one line to the next so that there is no pause the end of the line; sounds like someone speaking
end-stopped line
has a definitely pause at the end
blank verse
iambic pentameter with no end rhyme; usually contains enjambed lines
sonnet
most famous fixed form in English; consists of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter
haiku
consists of three lines; five syllables in the first, seven in the second, and five in the third
villanelle
a nineteen-line poem with two repeating rhymes and two refrains
free verse
looks like metrical poetry; has no metrical patterns
Biblical (Psalms and Ecclesiastes) and imagist (shorter, contains ordinary language)
What are the two types of free verse?
Note 
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