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Understanding Poetry's Core Elements

This document provides a summary of Sharlene Queenesia Purnomo's review of various poetry elements and literary devices. It discusses the basic elements of poetry including stanza, rhyme, rhythm, tone, imagery and figurative language. It then reviews different types of figurative language such as simile, metaphor, alliteration and provides examples from song lyrics. Finally, it tests the identification of various literary devices in sentences and song lyrics.

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Understanding Poetry's Core Elements

This document provides a summary of Sharlene Queenesia Purnomo's review of various poetry elements and literary devices. It discusses the basic elements of poetry including stanza, rhyme, rhythm, tone, imagery and figurative language. It then reviews different types of figurative language such as simile, metaphor, alliteration and provides examples from song lyrics. Finally, it tests the identification of various literary devices in sentences and song lyrics.

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Name: Sharlene Queenesia Purnomo

Class: XI IPS

REVIEW VIDEO 1: Elements of Poetry


There are 6 basic elements of Poetry: Stanza, Rhyme, Rhythm, Tone, Imagery,
Figurative Language.
o Stanza
A stanza is a group of lines forming the basic metrical unit in a poem; a
verse. (In other words, it’s a poem’s equivelant to a paragraph)
Types of stanzas:
- Couplet - Sestet
- Tercet - Septet
- Quatrain - Octave
- Cinquain
o Rhyme
Rhyme is when two words sound the same spoken, like “bright and night”,
“taught and bought” and “star and far”.
But rhyming words don’t have to be spelled the same, “two and do”, “pause
and lows”, “would and hood”.
Rhyme creates a pattern within the poem, which makes it more interesting.
these patterns are called rhyme schemes (AABB, ABAB, ABCB)
o Rhythm
When we talk about rhythm in poetry, we’re mainly talking about how the
syllables are stressed or unstressed: its ‘mete’. Each group of stressed and
unstressed syllables is called a ”foot.”
The different kinds of metered feet,
- Iamb, An iamb is a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable
followed by a stressed syllable (da DUM da DUM da DUM)
- Trochee, A trochee is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable
followed by an unstressed syllable (BEE doh BEE doh BEE doh)
- Dactyl, A dactyl is a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable
followed by 2 unstressed syllables (DUM diddy DUM diddy DUM
diddy)
- Anapest, A anapest is a metrical foot consisting of 2 unstressed
syllables followed by a stressed syllable (stomp stomp CLAP stomp
stomp CLAP)
- Spondee, A spondee is a metrical foot consisting of 2 stressed
syllables (KNOCK KNOCK, KNOCK KNOCK)
- Pyrrhic, A pyrrhic is a metrical foot consisting of 2 unstressed
syllables (la la la la la la)
o Tone
Tone is the attitude of the poem. Tone is created by word choice, regular or
irregular meter, figurative language, and rhyme. Its important to understand
how to use each of these if you want to create the correct mood.
o Imagery
Poems are generally pretty short. That means they need to pack a lot of
meaning in a short time. To do that, they rely very heavily on imagery. A
poem needs you to SEE its message.

REVIEW VIDEO 2: Name That Figure of Speech


Figure of speech : Simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole,
onomatopoeia.
Song 1; “fire” by Foreign Figures
I’ve been on the brim
Holding like a hinge
Can’t seem to catch the wind
 Alliteration
Song 2; “Elastic Heart” by Sia
I’m like a
Rubber band
Too hard
Until you pull
 Simile
Song 3; “Can’t Stop The Feeling” by Justin Timberlake
I've got this feeling inside my bones
It goes electric wavey when I turn it on
All through my city
All through my home
We're flying up, no ceiling, when we in our zone
 Hyperbole
Song 4; “Lost Boy” by Ruth B
My only friend was the man
in the moon
And even sometimes he
would go away too
 Personification
Song 5; “Firework” by Katy Perry
Boom, boom boom
Even brighter tham the
Moon, moon, moon
 Onomatopoeia
Song 6: “Life is highway” by Rascal Flatts
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
 Metaphor
Song 7; “Fancy”by iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
First things first, I’m
The realest
Drop this and let
The whole world
Feel it
 Hypebole

Song 8; “Come Alive” from The Greatesr Showman


Like a zombie in a maze
You’re asleep inside
But you can shake awake
 Simile
Song 9; “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
People fall in love in
mysterious ways
maybe it's all part of a plan
I'll just keep on making the same
mistakes hoping that you'll
understand
 Alliteration

Song 10: “Good Riddance” by Green Day


Time grabs you by the wrist
Directs you where to go
 Personifcication
Song 11: “Waving Through a window” from Dear Evan Hansen
I’ve learned to slam on
The break before I even
Turn the key
 Onomatopoeia
Song 12: “Drag Me Down” by One Direction
I’ve got a river for a soul
And baby you’re a boat
 Metaphor
Song 13: “Wannabe” by Spice Girls
Make it last forever
Friendship never ends
 Hyperbole
Song 14; “My Shot” from Hamilton
I'm past patiently waitin'.
I'm passionately smashin'
every expectation every
action's an act of creation!
 Alliteration
Song 15; “Stuck Like Glue” by Sugarland
Stuck like glue
You and me baby
We’re stuck like glue
 Simile

REVIEW VIDEO 3: The Complete Guide To Literary Devices

Metaphor: A sentence or phrase comparing two unlike things suggesting


they are similar.
Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration that is not meant to taken literaly.
Pun: A joke exploiting the different meanings of a word or phrase.
Onomatopoeia: A sound spelt the way it sounds.
Alliteration: several words in a row sharing the same sound.
Allusion: Refering to something else to help your idea.
Personification: Using human like qualities to describe a non-human thing.
Simile: comparing 2 unlike things using like or as.

Quis 1;
“ I guess she’s an Xbox, and I’m move Atari, but the way you play your
game ain’t fair.”
It’s an Allusion because you need to know what an atari and Xbox are to
understand what he's describing. Its also a pun because he said "the way you
play your game ain't fair" and Atari and Xbox are gaming consoles.
Quis 2:
“ Feeling my way through the darkness, guided by a beating heart.” -Avicii
The reason it is personification is that his heart is being compared to a
human guide.
Quis 3:
“Peter Piper picked peppers” -Run DMC
It is an alliteration because it uses the same sound to begin each word.
Quis 4:
“I came in like a wrecking ball. I never hit so hard in love” Miley Cyrus
The actual answer is simile. it's a simile because she compares herself to a
wrecking ball using the word like.
Quiz 5:
“I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more.”
“Just to be the man to walk 1000 miles to fall down at your door” -The
Proclaimers
The reason it’s a hyperbole is that he is exaggerating about walking 1000
miles.
Quis 6:
“You are, my fire, The one…” -Backstreet Boys
The reason it is a metaphor is because he is comparing “her” to fire.
Quis 7:
“Dog goes woof, cat goes meow, bird goes tweet and mouse goes squeak”
-Ylvis
The answer is onomatopoeia because he is saying a sound the way it
sounds.

REVIEW VIDEO 4: Figures of speech

Is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in


distinctive ways. We are going to answer some questions that will test
ability in identifying the figurative language used in the sentence.

1. He has a heart of gold


a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Oxymoron
d. Personification
Answer: B
2. Love’s smile was a bright as the sun
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Oxymoron
d. Personification
Answer: A
3. Fate frowned on his endeavors
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Oxymoron
d. Personification
Answer: D
4. My backpack weighs a ton!
a. Pun
b. Irony
c. Hyperbole
d. Simile
Answer: A
5. Taking money from the poor and giving it to the rich
a. Irony
b. Pun
c. Litotes
d. Paradox
Answer: A
6. You always hurt the one you love
a. Paradox
b. Irony
c. Oxymoron
d. Simile
Answer: A
7. Dave got wheels last weekend
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Pun
d. Synecdoche
Answer: D
8. Tigers do not eat clowns because they taste funny
a. Irony
b. Pun
c. Simile
d. Hyperbole
Answer: B
9. I see a cold fire in his eyes
a. Simile
b. Litotes
c. Synecdoche
d. Oxymoron
Answer: D
10. I heard the ticking of the clock
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Pun
c. Metaphor
d. Irony
Answer: A

REVIEW VIDEO 5: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN MODERN MUSIC

Listen to the lyrics and answer with one or more of the following, alliteration,
hyperbole, metaphor. Onomatopoeia, personification, repetition, simile.
Question 1:
“Little do you know all my mistake are slowly drowning me.”
Answer: Metaphor

Question 2:
“And you say sorry like an angel heaven let me think was you..”
Answer: Simile and Personification

Question 3:
“I see it, I like it, I want it, I got it.
I want it, I got it. I want it, I got it.
I want it, I got it. I want it, I got it.”
Answer: Repetition

Question 4:
“Feeling my way through the darkness,
Guided by a beating heart..”
Answer: Personification

Question 5:
“We ain”t ever getting older,
We ain”t ever getting older,
We ain”t ever getting older,
We ain”t ever getting older..”

Answer: Repetition and Hyperbole


Question 6:
"He would always win the fight. Bang, bang! He shot me down. Bang, bang! I hit
the ground. Bang, bang..."
Answer: Onomatpoeia and Repetition

Question 7:
"For the first time in forever, there'll be music, there'll be light..."
Answer: Alliteration, repectition and hyperbole

Question 8:
"When the sharpest words wanna cut me down...”
Answer: Personification

Question 9:
"You claim it's not in the cards Fate is pulling you miles away And out of reach
from me..."
Answer: Personification

Questions 10:
"Got hands like an ocean Push you out, pull you back in..."
Answer: Simile

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