ELEMENTS of POETRY

DENOTATION CONNOTATION
War arm conflict transformation
Art beautiful things

expression

(pp. 21-23)

METER

Ex:

Hickory, dickory, dock,

a
The mouse ran up the clock. a
The clock struck one,
b
And down he run,
b
Hickory, dickory, dock
a

Foot Example

Iamb
trochee
anapaest
dactyl
spondee

away
lovely
understand
desperate
dead set

Iambic
What kept/ his eyes/ from giv/ ing back/
the gaze
Trochaic
He was/ louder/ than the/ preacher
Anapaestic
I am called/ to the front/ of the room
Dactylic
Sing it all/ merrily

FEET
So much/
Depend /
Upon /
The wheelbarrow (monometer)
If she/ should write/ a note (trimester)
When late/ly I/ forsook/ the gold/en
phrase (pentameter)

Imagery
Visual - Two dolls in rags and tatters, one missing
arm and leg.
Organic Perhaps she was just bored with the man of
the missing rib.
Auditory - Her coos and cry are now all echoes.
Olfactory His perfume soaks my nostrils deep.
Gustatory Sweet, sugary chocolates melting in my
pleasant mouth.
Tactile His hand so cold not ready to be warmed
up.
Kinesthetic - roughly she is awakened , by the
snakes crazed dancing.

Symbol
Love is like a rosary that is full of
mystery
His life was an oak tree that had just
lost its leaves.

Diction and Tone

Diction choice of words and
grammar
construction
speaker of the poem
Tone mood
Ex:
I could kill you.

Identifying tone/mood
Silence is impossible: the
oppressed nation shall
protest indignantly
And bury the dagger of
vengeance
In the enemys breast

Hatred

She squats on high noon,

A burnt mascot in her open
lair
I swear there is smoke
Rising upon her naked
nape

Uneasiness

Nowadays even children go

off, elope.
Wed in civil rite as they
please
Slipping under the house,
Jumping from the backporch
Even if you threaten them
at gun point.

Giving up