Vocabulary for February 20-24, 2012

Form-the way a poem looks-its arrangement on the page
Lines- poems use lines in phrases or sentences
Stanzas-Lines that are divided into groups

Sound-poets arrange words to create sounds they want listeners to hear
Rhyme-words that end with the same sounds
Rhythm-a poem's rhythm is sometimes called its beat
Repetition-if the poet chooses to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem to create or emphasize a particular feeling

Imagery**-words and phrases that appeal to the five senses

Figurative Language-choosing words or phrases that help readers picture ordinary things in new ways
Simile-a comparison in which the word like or as is used
Metaphor-a comparison that does not contain the word like or as
Personification-when a poet describes an animal or object as if it were human or had human qualities

Theme-a poem's theme is the message about life that it conveys

Extra Credit Poems (February 28 only)

The Pasture
by Robert Frost
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I shan't be gone long.---You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf
That's standing by the mother. It's so young
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I shan't be gone long.---You come too.




A Time to Talk
by Robert Frost

When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, "What is it?"
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground.
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.