Sunday, 22 May 2011

Line

Line: a sentence in a poem.

ex: Victory can't be achieve without sacrifice.
Significance: Every lines in a poem contain a different ideas and each different poem has unique lines.

Rhyme

Rhyme: a repetition of two or more words that sound alike.

ex: It begins as a noise in the background
keeping steady beat as it makes its round
it can be found at any time of day
it's so simple, just push play

Significance: Rhyme makes a poem easily to catch readers' attentions.

Rhythm

Rhythm: The beat of a poem.

ex: Fat black bucks in a wine-barrel room
Barrel-house kings, with feet unstable,
Sagged and reeled and pounded on the table,
Pounded on the table,
Beat an empty barrel with the handle of a broom,
Hard as they were able
Boom, boom, BOOM,
With a silk umbrella and the handle of a broom,
Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, BOOM.

Significance: It makes a poem more interesting by creating beats and it makes the poem more fun to read.

Interpretation

Interpretation: an analysis that helps you understand the poem.

ex: That boy is talking with a girl
     That girl is talking with a boy
     They are talking together
analysis: the girl and the boy are chatting together.
significance: Interpretation is very important when you read a poem and it helps you understand the poem better by analyzing and breaking the sentences, vocabs, theme.

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Symbol

Symbol: something that represents a subject or an idea.

ex: Pigeon represents for peace.
Hammer & sickle represents communism.

Significance: Symbol can make a poem more interesting by using symbol and replaces for words to make it more creative.

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

Tone

Tone: a feeling or an attitude in a poem

I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; (light, informing tone) 
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away ("only" tone - reservation) 
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may): (supplementary, possibility) 
I sha'n't be gone long. -- You come too. (free tone, assuring) (after thought, inviting) "Rather well for me" -- 

I'm going out to fetch the little calf (Similar, free, persuasive, assuring 
That's standing by the mother. It's so young, and inviting tones in second stanza) 
It totters when she licks it with her tongue. 
I sha'n't be gone long. -- You come too. 

Significance:
The tone of a poem gives the reader the feelings of the authors through the words by bringing emotions to the poem.


Personification

Personification: Giving something a human like quality or ability to something that is not human.





ex:  
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.

Significance: Personification makes the poem more interesting by giving human's ability to an object, so object can have emotion and feeling.