Meter

Definition: is the measured of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem using symbols

Example:

Significance: Meter is important in poetry because reader would know how the the words in each line is pronounced. So then when the person reads the poem is sounds smooth.

Rhyme

Definition: is a pattern of words with a similar sound

Example:
             At the Sea-Side

When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up,
Till it could come no more.

Significance: Rhyme is important in poetry because with words that rhyme in a poem might make it entertaining to read and listen to.

Rythm

Definition: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem


Example: This is the first two stanza from the poem, "My Papa's Waltz" and the number at the end represent how many syllables in each line.


The whiskey on your breath (6)  

Could make a small boy dizzy; (7)  

But I hung on like death: (6)  

Such waltzing was not easy. (8)

We romped until the pans (7)  

Slid from the kitchen shelf; (6)  

My mother’s contenance (6) 

Could not unfrown itself. (7)

Significance: A poem with rhythm is very important because when you're reading a poem there is a flow to it. The poem becomes better if you're reading it smoothly.

Onomatopoeia

Definition: is when you name a sound using words

Example: Wolf!  Ahh! Thump!

Significance: Onomatopeia help reader hear in their mind of the sounds describe in a poem. There are some sounds that are loud and some are soft.

Personification

Definition: is giving human character traits to non-human things

Example: The pencil is runing around on my desk while the eraser is chasing the pencil.

Significance: When you use personinfication in writing it brings the non-human things to live. The image in the reader head becomes more realistic.

Imagery

Definition: are words use in a literary work which connects to your five senses (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile)

Example: As the three girls walk in the the room, darkness aborbed it them.

Significance: Imagery help create a picture in the reader minds. Also it allow them to go through the experience of the writer.

Simile

Definition: is when you compare two things using the words "like" or "as"

Example: She is as fast as a horse.

Significance: Simile are often used in poetry when the poet is comparing two things. It makes a poem better because reader can get a better image in their mind of what the object or person.

He is flying like a bird.