Meter

DEFINITION :  Arrangement of words that are stressed or unstressed in a line.



EXAMPLE :
Come live | with me | and be | my love
And we | will all | the plea|sures prove








SIGNIFICANCE :  A meter is important in a poem because it organizes the feet so that
                         the reader could have a clear image of the poem's structure.

Rhyme

DEFINITION :  Things rhyme when the words end with a similar sound.



EXAMPLE :  Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the King's horses, and all the King's men
Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again.

SIGNIFICANCE :  Rhymes are important in a poem because people understand

                       things better if the words rhyme. It is like kids learning

                       rhyming words so that they can memorize and understand

                       words.

Rhythm

DEFINITION :  Rhythm are words with beat or accent.


EXAMPLE :

The Loudest Shadow

© Anthony

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

It creates a story for everyone's life
as if it understands your struggles and strife
it's impossible to stop, it's purpose will be served
as if not to judge on whether or not you deserve
to feel absorbed in something bigger than yourself
where there is nobody to ever ring the bell

Of complete reality and worry filled days
when life gets too real there's something that says
I'll be with you through the HAPPY and SAD
the really GREAT days and even the BAD

It lingers as if ready at any possible time
to lift you off your feet and begin to fly
away from all the grief, sorrow and pain
to tell your mind that it's free again

No judging or casting a nasty glare
nope, just to let you know that it's always there
as the shoulder to cry on when no one else cares
and casts you alone to face all of your scares

It will give you a feeling that no one else can
and open your eyes to the ever growing span
of opportunity and dare and even the strength
to end it all or just shoot blanks

It tends to all of our daily needs
not for us but with us so we really can see
the magic of you when in a crowd
nothing else will sound as loud

As the beats, bells, and whistles that are in your head
revealing to you a new path to tread
for you will follow no one your path will be your own
because your are lead by something that can't be owned

To be there for whenever you desire
is its one purpose, to light your fire
it can't be stopped if the will is steady
it can be unleashed, it's always ready

To light up your day or slow down the time
to yell at the world, or even to cry
to help you with whatever you may need
or just to be there for whenever you please

It will live until the end of time
serving its purpose, to let its light shine
remember family, friends and even pets
but most of all music never forget

SIGNIFICANCE :  Rhythm is an important part of a poem because it makes the poem

                                  easier to understand by the accent or beat of the words.

Onomatopoeia

DEFINITION :  A figure of speech that imitates a sound.




EXAMPLE :  "Splatt!"
                       As he lost his balance, the water in his bucket spilled all over the floor.



SIGNIFICANCE :  Onomatopoeia is important in a poem because as it imitates a sound, it makes the
                                 reader to imagine the scene and it also helps to have a better understanding
                                 for the poem.

Personification

DEFINITION :  A figure of speech that compares an object as a human.


EXAMPLE :  The cat smiled at him as if it knew about everyting that was going on to him.


SIGNIFICANCE :  Personification is very important in a poem because it describes a non-human
                                object as a human, and it make the poem more vivid and live.

Imagery

DEFINITION :  A figure of speech using the five senses; visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, and gustatory
                           imagery.



EXAMPLE :  The carpet was rough as concrete.
                      The ice cream tasted like heaven.



SIGNIFICANCE :  Imagery is very important in a poem because it creates a vivid imagery so that the
                                reader can understand the poem better.

Simile

DEFINITION :  A figure of speech when you compare objects using 'like' and 'as'.


EXAMPLE :  Her face was white like powder when she heard her husband had a heart attack.


SIGNIFICANCE :  A simile is imortant in a poem because it helps readers to understand compared objects
                                 easier and more effectively.

Metaphor

DEFINITION :  A metahpor is a figure of speech that readers should not understand it in a literal way.
                           It usually compares things without using like or as.
                          An extended metaphor is a metaphor using more than 2 objects.


EXAMPLE :  Life is a journey.    -      This means that a person is a traveler and goes through
                                                             many obstacles and head to the end.


SIGNIFICANCE :  Metahpor is very important in a poem because metaphor is the thing that makes a
                               poem richer and deep by the true message of it.

Repetition

DEFINITION : A repetition in a poem is when phrases are repeated again and again.



EXAMPLE :

O Captain! My Captain!

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.


O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.


My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead. 

"Fallen cold and dead." is repeated in O Captain! My Captain!

SIGNIFICANCE :  Repetition in a poem is important because some repeated words make the meaning
                            stronger by keep telling it to the reader.

Tone

DEFINITION :  The tone of a poem is the mood of the situation in a poem; a  tone can
                     change.




EXAMPLE :

Introduction to Poetry

BY BILLY COLLINS

I ask them to take a poem   

and hold it up to the light   

like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

I say drop a mouse into a poem   

and watch him probe his way out,

or walk inside the poem’s room   

and feel the walls for a light switch.

I want them to waterski   

across the surface of a poem

waving at the author’s name on the shore.

But all they want to do

is tie the poem to a chair with rope   

and torture a confession out of it.

They begin beating it with a hose   

to find out what it really means.

The tone of the poem's beginning is bright and happy. But the ending part is depressing and evil.

SIGNIFICANCE :  The tone of a poem is very important because the tone is what helps

                                   readers to decide the poem's mood and it makes the poem more alive

                                   by adding imagery to it.

Interpretation

DEFINITION :  Interpretation is understanding the meaning of a theme.


EXAMPLE :

O Captain! My Captain!

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.


O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.


My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead. 

In the line "Here Captain! dear father!", the word father actually means Lincoln and because a father is the leader of a family and Lincoln is the president of the US.

SIGNIFICANCE :  Interpreting a poem is important because just reading a
                                poem doesn't helps you at all. If you interpret the poem in
                                 a right way, you might get the theme and understand the
                                poem better.

Speaker

DEFINITION :  A speaker in a poem is the one who is telling the story.


EXAMPLE :  Blow, blow, thou winter wind by William Shakespeare
                                                            speaker - a person who is upset about
                                                                            friendship



SIGNIFICANCE :  A speaker is very important in a poem because the speaker is the one
                         who is telling the story to the readers. Also, the writer and the speaker
                         of a poem can be different, so some people get confused.

Symbol

DEFINITION :  A symbol usually represents things that contain deep meanings.

EXAMPLE : 

Christmas With You

This Christmas i am not alone
This Christmas i have somebody to hold
This Christmas doesn't feel like last Christmas
This Christmas is when I came alive
                                                     Last Christmas I was sad
                                                     Last Christmas I was lonely
                                                     Last Christmas I had nobody to hold
                                                     But then This Christmas came
                                                     I was happy
                                                     I was excited because I had somebody to hold
                                                    This Christmas was better with you then without you

                                                  

             

                                                SIGNIFICANCE :  A symbol is important because it makes the poem

                                                                                have a deeper meaning and to be more interesting.

Couplet

DEFINITION :  A couplet is a pair of lines that are similar to each other.


EXAMPLE : 

              Poetry

                    Riddles and rhymes poetry is half thought
                   One line is a thousand and
                   Ten thousand are a couplet

                    Poetry is water through the fossett
                    Or better descibed
                     Poetry is like the sampling of wine

                     Poetry is the widow's web
                    And the freeing of prey
                   The understanding of yesterday
                    The profesying of tomorrow's play

                  For every poet a thousand poems
                 For every poem a thousand poets

SIGNIFICANCE :  A couplet is important in a poem because many couplets rhyme, which
                         makes it easier for the readers to understand the poem.

Stanza

DEFINITION :  A stanza is an arrangement of more than usually more than four or five lines. Stanzas
                          create a poem.

EXAMPLE :   Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

                     

                      Whose woods these are I think I know.
                      His house is in the village though;
                      He will not see me stopping here
                      To watch his woods fill up with snow.

                     My little horse must think it queer
                    To stop without a farmhouse near
                     Between the woods and frozen lake
                    The darkest evening of the year.

                    He gives his harness bells a shake
                    To ask if there is some mistake.
                    The only other sound's the sweep
                    Of easy wind and downy flake.

                    The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
                    But I have promises to keep,
                    And miles to go before I sleep,
                     And miles to go before I sleep.

SIGNIFICANCE : A stanza is important in a poem because people usually analyze the
                        by stanzas since it is short and has enough words in it.

Poetry

DEFINITION

:  Witten or spoken quotes that is rhythmic and  describing  many thoughts.

EXAMPLE

:  "I am alone,
   I am alone and only I and Me know,
   And the sorrows of the sea,
   I am but the sorrows of the sea. "

SIGNIFICANCE
:  Poetry is important to everyone because it has deep meaning related to our lives. Many people read poems and become more serious about their lives. Some people find the true
meaning of life.