Connections: Poetry: Terms This section offers basic information about poetic terms: the words that critics use to analyze the technical side of poetry. Because I mean this to function as an introductory text rather than an encyclopedia, you might find yourself looking for information that I do not cover here. In such cases, try the much larger glossaries at Bob's Byway or Jack Lynch's developing Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms. Before we charge ahead, let me define one term in advance: "verse." On the next page, you will see an explanation of "verse systems"; such a phrase uses "verse" in its broader literary definition, which opposes verse to prose. Most of the time, it is sufficient to think of verse in this sense as synonymous with "poetry," but bear in mind the existence of prose poems (such as the poems of Ossian, many of William Blake's poems, and some contemporary poems), which are not verse. For the record, "verse" has at least three other meanings.
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virtuaLit: My Papa’ Waltz by Theodore Roethke Exploring the patterns created by the formal elements of a poem—alliteration, image, tone, and metaphor, for example—helps us to understand more deeply the poem’s meaning and the nuances that enrich that meaning. This kind of formal close reading of the poem’s text is fundamental to any analysis of poetry. To examine what roles various literary elements play in "My Papa’s Waltz," click on one of the following choices. Interactive questions follow each analysis. >Alliteration >Diction >Image >Irony >Meter >Rhyme >Simile >Symbol >Word Order For a demonstration of how you might pull together analyses of the elements of poetry in "My Papa’s Waltz," see our sample essay (PDF).
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LibriVox Matching Quizzes for ESL Students (Flash) Verb Tenses Chart - GrammarBank Simple Present Tense It snows in Alaska.I watch television everyday.I visit my cousin all the time. Also see Tense Agreement In general, the simple present expresses events or situations that exist always, usually, habitually; they exist now, they have existed in the past, and probably will exist in the future.See Simple Present Tense for detailed grammar explanations. PDFs: BE Positive BE Negative BE Questions BE Mixed WH Questions Simple Past Tense It snowed yesterday. At one particular time in the past, this happened. PDFs: Regular Positive Simple Past To Be Irregular Positive Irregular Negative & Questions Mixed Exercise Simple Future Tense It will snow tomorrow.I will watch television tonight.I will visit my cousin later. At one particular time in the future, this will happen.See Simple Future Tense for detailed grammar explanations. See Simple Tenses Practice Present Progressive Tense He is sleeping right now. He is asleep at the moment. Past Progressive Tense He was sleeping when I arrived.
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