Glossary

Alliteration -

Ex: "For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky."

Cite of poem: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Text of 1834) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834.

Cite of poet: “Elizabeth Barrett Browning.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 6 Oct. 2015, www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/samuel-taylor-coleridge.

Denotation -

Ex: “And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go. To each the boulders that have fallen to each.”

Cite of poem: Frost, Robert. “Mending Wall by Robert Frost.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44266/mending-wall.

Cite of poet: “Going for Water.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 27 July 2015, www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-frost.

Connotation -

Ex: “She is all states, and all princes, I.”

Cite of poem: Donne, John. “The Sun Rising by John Donne.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44129/the-sun-rising.

Cite of poet: “John Donne.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-donne.

Metaphor -

Ex: “Before high-pil’d books, in charact’ry Hold like rich garners the full-ripened grain;”

Cite of poem: Keats, John. “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be by John Keats.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44488/when-i-have-fears-that-i-may-cease-to-be.

Cite of poet: “John Keats.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats.

Repetition -

Ex: "The art of losing isn’t hard to master"

Cite of poem: Bishop, Elizabeth. “One Art by Elizabeth Bishop.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art.

Cite of poet: “Elizabeth Bishop.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/elizabeth-bishop.

Onomatopoeia -

Ex: "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle"

Cite of poem: Poe, Edgar Allan. “Sonnet-To Science.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 25 July 2018, www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/bells.

Cite of poet: “Percy Bysshe Shelley.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 6 Oct. 2015, www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/edgar-allan-poe.

Rhythm -

Ex: "Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;"

Cite of poem: Blake, William. “The Tyger by William Blake.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43687/the-tyger.

Cite of poet: “Emily Dickinson.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 13 July 2018, www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/william-blake.