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Poetry Scrapbook By David Domalik
Definitions Simile – A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared Metaphor – A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them Hyperbole – Obvious and intentional exaggeration
Onomatopoeia – The use of words which imitate sound Personification – A figure of speech which endows inanimate objects with human traits or abilities Alliteration – The repetition of initial consonant sounds Idiom – An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole; has a figurative and literal meaning; unique by language
Definitions - continued Assonance – The repetition of vowel sounds
Paradox – A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses possible truth Enjambment – The running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet to another so closely related words fall into different lines
Litotes – Understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary Allegory – A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another Parody – A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
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“With the touch of a velvet hand Like a lizard on a window pane” – Happiness is a Warm Gun – The Beatles Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup” – Across the Universe – The Beatles “Images of broken light, which dance before me like a million eyes” – Across the Universe – The Beatles “Thoughts meander like a Restless wind inside a letter box” – Across the Universe – The Beatles “Limitless undying love, which shines around me like a million suns” – Across the Universe – The Beatles “I’m pearly like the whites the whites of your eyes” – Hang Me Up to Dry – Cold War Kids “Although I laugh and act like a clown” – I’m A Loser – The Beatles “My tears are falling like rain from the sky” – I’m A Loser – The Beatles “It feels like fingernails across the moon”- I Would Hurt A Fly – Built to Spill
Metaphor 1. “When I hold you in my arms And I feel my finger on your trigger” – Happiness is A Warm Gun The Beatles 2. “And then one day you find ten years got behind you. No one told you to run, you missed the starting gun” – Time – Pink Floyd 3. “Pools of sorrow” – Across the Universe – The Beatles 4. “Waves of joy” – Across the Universe – The Beatles 5. “Or do you rub your wings together” – I Would Hurt A Fly
Hyperbole 1. “There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do” – Africa – Toto 2. “A thousand answers by in our hand” – Roundabout – Yes 3. “We had eight million bails of old nanny goats’ tails” – The Irish Rover – The Pogues & The Dubliners
Onomatopoeia 1. “Ha ha!” – Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz 2. “Bang bang” – Happiness is A Warm Gun The Beatles 3. “La la la” – 40 ft. – Franz Ferdinand 4. “Swish, swish, swish” – The Wheels on the Bus 5. “Clink clink clink” – The Wheels on the Bus 6. “Beep beep beep” – The Wheels on the Bus 7. “Wah, wah, wah,” – The Wheels on the Bus
Personification 1. “While his hands are busy working overtime” – Happiness is a Warm Gun – The Beatles 2. “Mountains come out of the sky And they stand there” – Roundabout – Yes 3. “Dancing wing” – Roundabout – Yes 4. “They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe” – Across the Universe – The Beatles 5. “There’s a mean bone in my body” – I Would Hurt A Fly – Built to Spill
Alliteration 1. “Multicolored mirrors” – Happiness is a Warm Gun – The Beatles 2. “Gathering gloom” – Nights in White Satin – The Moody Blues 3. “Tiffany-twisted” – Hotel California – Eagles 4. “Burn my back beneath the burning rays” – 40 ft. – Franz Ferdinand
Idiom 1. “Out of hand” – Roundabout – Yes 2. “Girl in a million” – I’m A Loser – The Beatles 3. “Pride comes before a fall” – I’m A Loser – The Beatles
Allegory 1. The song “I am a Rock” by Simon and Garfunkel Lyrics: A winter's day, in a deep and dark December I am alone, gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow I am a rock, I am an island I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty that none may penetrate I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain It's laughter and it's loving I disdain I am a rock, I am an island Don't talk of love well I've heard the words before It's sleeping in my memory And I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died If I never loved I never would have cried I am a rock, I am an island I have my books and my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armor, hiding in my room, safe within my womb I touch no one and no one touches me I am a rock, I am an island And a rock can feel no pain And an island never cries
Advanced Literary Term
Parody 1. Songs by Weird Al Yankovic Including: • Fat ("Bad" by Michael Jackson) • E-Bay ("I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys) • Amish Paradise (Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio) • Eat It (“Beat It” Michael Jackson ) • The Saga Begins (“American Pie” by Don McLean) • Another One Rides the Bus (“Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen) • Hardware Store (Original) • I’ll Sue Ya (“Rage Against the Machine” by Rage Against the Machine) • White and Nerdy ("Ridin'" by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone) • A Complicated Song ("Complicated" By Avril Lavigne) • Canadian Idiot (“American Idiot” by Green Day)
