Elements of Poetry

Appositive Examples.
When finding the appositive ask the question “Who is _(the information in the quotes)______?” then, the answer should be the noun or noun phrase proceeding it.

My teacher, Mr. Hampton, is very cool.

My dog, Skippy, is the best dog in the world! L. Bryant

My girlfriend, who lives three houses up the street from me, makes me smile all the time. C. E. Hampton

Quotes from “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” which convey a mood of peace and tranquility.
Pictures for "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"

1. Linnet
2. Glade
3. Sky's Purple Glow
   

1 “small cabin” not too big to be overwhelming, but just enough for one person.

2 “nine bean rows” and “a hive for the honey bee” simple, good, natural, healthy food.

3 “alone” no one to disturb or bother your peace.

4 “peace” “dropping slow” has a connotation of calm and not too busy or fast-paced,

5 “cricket sings” the chirping of crickets is commonly regarded as peaceful and calming

6 “evening full of the linnet’s wings”, birds flying, fluttering, soaring, singing, and chirping in the evening to soothe you at the end of the day,

7 “I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore” people love to hear gentle waves, not crashing loud waves, but relaxing waves.

8 “I hear it in the deep heart’s core” regardless to where he is at the “lake Isle of Innisfree” he hears the peaceful sounds of nature.

9 There are no man-made or unnatural sounds listed.


Elements of a poem (LITERARY ELEMENTS VOCABULARY):

Rhyme Scheme, the order of rhyming words.


Relaxing in the shade of a watchful oak TREE A

We sit down and are supported by the calming jade GRASS B

Noticing the quiet buzzing of a diligent and solitary BEE A

I enjoy this time with my special 08-09 CLASS B

by, Charles Edgar Hampton 1-9-2009

Stanzas, paragraphs in a poem.

Number of lines in a stanza:

2 Couplet
3 Triplet
4 Quatrain
5 Quintuplet
6 Sextet
7 Sestet
8 Octave

Diction Vocabulary:
Candor: noun, truth
Candid: adj., truthful
*WHO CAN FIGURE OUT HOW CANDY IS RELATED TO TRUTH, SINCE THE ROOT IS "CAND", OR IS THAT THE ROOT? HOW IS CANDY TRUTHFUL, OR HOW IS THE TRUTH SWEET?*
Vernacular: VOCABULARY
Trite: weak or worthless due to overuse
Facetious: not serious, or false, untrue
Tranquility: noun, peace
Tranquil: adj, peaceful
Veil: noun, something that covers