Rhythm

 Rhythm

Definition: Something that has a beat when reading a poem. A movement.

Example : 

By the shore of Gitchie Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.

Significance: 

Rhythm is important, because it creates the flows in the poem. With stressed and unstressed syllables, the reader would be found the interesting in the poem.

 

Interpretation

Interpretation

Definition: An analysis and explanation of the meaning of a work of art such as poems, or a piece of literature.

Example: 

You're a dependable source of comfort;
You're my cushion when I fall.
You help in times of trouble;
You support me whenever I call.
 I love you more than you know;
You have my total respect.
 If I had my choice of mothers,
You'd be the one I'd select.
Interpretation: The poem shows the love of the poet for his or her mother.

Significance: 

Interpretation shows the understanding of poems, helps readers to have a deeper comprehending of the meaning or message that the poets try to convey.

 
 

Imagery

Imagery

Definition: Languages that are used so that the audience can imagine or picture the scene in their minds to make it easier to understand

Example: 

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.  

Significance: 

The importance of imagery is the audience could imagine what the poet is describing. And it also can bring many opinions about the picture that they imagine by their senses.

   

Poetry

Poetry

Definition: A type of literary art in which can be written or spoken to express, to say what you want. It can rhyme.

Example: 

Haikus are easy.

Sometimes they do not make sense.

Refrigerator.

Significance:

Poetry is important, because it contains rhyme in it. Poetry helps us to visualize things through words. By studying this, I can express my feelings or experiences on words.

Rhyme

 Rhyme
Definition:  When words in the poem sound alike.

Example: 

Can somebody explain to me,

Why everybody is trying to be,

Living like a celebrity,

Doing what they see on MTV.

Ice is cool but I'm looking for more,

Simple things are what my heart beats for.

Cos' that's me, I don't ask for much,

Baby, having you is enough.

Significance:

Rhyme can create rhythm. Rhyme is also important because it gives poems the beat which makes poems easy to read and remember. It sounds fun, that could make the audience to be interested to read.

Speaker

Speaker

Definition: The poem's narrator or the first person of the poem

Example :

 I am sharp and focused
I wonder what the camera really sees
I hear the buzzing bee
I see flowers in early morning light
I want to stop light in a box
I am sharp and focused

Significance:

The speaker in a poem allows us to who is telling the story. The speaker can change the tone of the poem if the speaker is the poet.

Personification

Personification

Definition: A type of metaphor that a nonhuman object is described as or act like a human.

Example: 

The Cat and The Fiddle
Hey diddle, Diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
     - Mother Goose

Significance:

Personification is a figurative language that are used to make poems more interesting and creative. It gives readers a image of what is being personified and talked about in the poem.