What though, for showing truth to flattered state,Kind Hunt was shut in prison, yet has he,In his immortal spirit, been as freeAs the sky-searching lark, and as elate.Minion of grandeur! think you he did wait?Think you he nought but prison-walls did see,Till, so unwilling, thou unturnedst the key?Ah, no! far happier, nobler was his fate!In Spenser's halls he strayed, and bowers fair,Culling enchanted flowers; and he flewWith daring Milton through the fields of air:To regions of his own his genius trueTook happy flights. Who shall his fame impairWhen thou art dead, and all thy wretched crew?

• A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.written in rhymed iambic pentameter.

• Two types—English (or Shakespearean) Two types—English (or Shakespearean) and Italian (or Petrarchan)and Italian (or Petrarchan)

• English consists of three quatrains and a English consists of three quatrains and a coupletcouplet

• ItalianItalian consists of an consists of an octave and a sestet. octave and a sestet.

•A three-line verse form.A three-line verse form.•The 1The 1stst and 3 and 3rdrd line of the haiku line of the haiku

each have 5 syllables.each have 5 syllables.•The 2The 2ndnd line has seven syllables. line has seven syllables.•A haiku seeks to convey a single A haiku seeks to convey a single

vivid emotion by means of vivid emotion by means of images of nature.images of nature.

•Poetry written in Poetry written in unrhymed iambic unrhymed iambic pentameterpentameter

•Popular verse form—Popular verse form—widely used by widely used by Shakespeare.Shakespeare.

•Poetry not written in a Poetry not written in a regular rhythmical regular rhythmical pattern, or meterpattern, or meter

•it is the opposite of it is the opposite of blank verse.blank verse.

• Formal division of lines in a poem, Formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unitconsidered as a unit

• Couplet—2 linesCouplet—2 lines

• Quatrain—4 linesQuatrain—4 lines

• Cinquain—5 linesCinquain—5 lines

• Sestet—6 linesSestet—6 lines

• Heptastich—7 linesHeptastich—7 lines

• Octave—8 linesOctave—8 lines

•Anything that stands for or represents something else.

•An object that serves as a symbol has its own meaning but it also represents something abstract.

A figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas.

• Figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.

• Does not use like or as to make the comparison.

• My nephews are animals-metaphor

Same as a regular metaphor Same as a regular metaphor but in this case a subject is but in this case a subject is spoken of or written of as spoken of or written of as though it were something though it were something else.else.

Several comparisons are Several comparisons are mademade

Writing or speech not meant Writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally.to be interpreted literally.

Frequently used figures of Frequently used figures of speech are metaphors, speech are metaphors, similes, and personificationsimiles, and personification

Uses words in their Uses words in their ordinary senses. It ordinary senses. It is the opposite of is the opposite of figurative language.figurative language.

•Excessive exaggeration

•I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

Type of figurative language in Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.given human characteristics.

The screaming phone woke The screaming phone woke me up.me up.

Use of words that imitate soundsUse of words that imitate soundsWhirrWhirrSizzleSizzleHissHissWoofWoofMeowMeowvarrrrrrooooooommmmmmvarrrrrrooooooommmmmm

The repetition of initial The repetition of initial consonant sounds.consonant sounds.

““Black reapers with the Black reapers with the soundsound of of steelsteel on on stonestone//Are Are sharpening sharpening scythesscythes…”…”

““SarahSarah, , CynthiaCynthia, , SylviaSylvia StoutStout wouldn’t take the garbage out…”wouldn’t take the garbage out…”

•The repetition of sounds at the The repetition of sounds at the end of words end of words

•End rhymeEnd rhyme occurs when the occurs when the rhyming words come at the rhyming words come at the end of linesend of lines

• Internal rhymeInternal rhyme occurs when occurs when the rhyming words fall within a the rhyming words fall within a line.line.

•The pattern of The pattern of beats, or stresses, beats, or stresses,

in spoken or in spoken or written language.written language.

•A regular pattern of rhyming A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.words in a poem.

•The rhyme scheme of a poem The rhyme scheme of a poem is indicated by using different is indicated by using different letters of the alphabet for letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme.each new rhyme.