Poetry

Poetry has no definition. Poetry is a way that people let out their feelings. When you are writing you do not have to be defined. Your writing is your own. The lines do not have to make sense. Poetry is your imagination, your creativity. Poetry does not have to rhyme or have a pattern it all depends on the poet. the poetry can be free form and depicts the authors feelings or emotions.


 * Vocabulary terms **

ex: Sally sells seashells by the sea shore ex: fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks ex: Her eyes were as blue as the ocean. ex: His arm muscles are boulders. ex. The tree's branches shook violently in the wind.
 * Alliteration** is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
 * Assonance** is the repetition of vowel sounds.
 * Simile** is a description using like or as.
 * Metaphor:** A comparison not using like of as.
 * Personification:** When the author makes an inanimate object or non human substance have human characteristics or traits.