Poetry

Term Paper Title	Poetry
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Poetry

1.
A. I think poetry is a form of self expression in which the
writer tells about his thoughts, feelings, emotions, and his
life in general.

B. Poetry can rhyme, It can be in the shape of an object, It
can be free verse and many others.

C. Poetry is written because it is a hobby. The poet writes
because it is what he/she likes to do. It is a life style.

2.

1. Metaphor: A comparison without the use of “like”or “as”.
The writer states that one thing is another.
Example: He was a bear of a man.

2. Simile: A comparison of two different things or ideas
using words “like” or “as.
Example: Her Hair shone like the sun.

3. Alliteration: The practice of beginning several words in a
row with the same sound. Doing this helps create a mood in
which would otherwise be difficult to create.
Example: The twisted trout twinkled below.

4. Personification: A kind of metaphor which gives human
characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
Example: The wind whistles through the trees.

5. Onomatopoeia: It is the use of words whose sounds seem
to resemble that sound they describe.
Example: Hiss, Bong, Buzz, Rustle.

3.
Haiku:
Wood, Air, Water, Trees, Green
Life is all around people
we must kill to live

Cinquain:
Death
Cold, Black
Suffering, Screaming, Dying
Why all this pain?
sil...

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