Title: Constantly risking absurdity

Author: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Type of Poem: lyric

Metaphorical devices:

simile: the poet like an acrobat climbs on rime

metaphore: and balancing on eyebeams above a sea of faces

allusion: and he a little charlichaplin man

personification: and waits with gravity to start her death-defying grip

Imagery:

visual: climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making

tactile: and balancing on eyebeams

Sound devices:

rhyme: paces his way to the other side of day

alliteration: who must PreforCe PerCeive

Taut Truth

assonance: a little charleychAplin mAn

The poem has a euphoneus tone due to the abundance of sound devices.

Tone/Mood: The author talks with struggle and freedom since a poet has to be daring to write.

Theme: He emphases the risk of the poet.

Title: Puritan Sonnet

Author: Wylie, Elinor

Type of Poem: sonnet (petrarchan)

Metaphorical devices:

metaphore: the spring, briefer than an apples breath

simile: swift autum like a bonfire of leaves

sleepy winter, like the sleep of death

Imagery:

visual: landscapes drawn in pearly monotones

cold silver on a sky of slate: visual, tactile

water turned to milky spate: visual, tactile, auditory

meager sheaves: visual

apple blossoms breath: olfactory

Sound devices:

Rhyme scheme: abba abba cde cde

alliteration: puritan Marrow of My bones

I Love the Look…of Landscapes

cold Silver on a Sky of Slate

euphony: Because all of the uses of alliteration.

repetition: sleepy winter, like the sleep of death

Tone/Mood: respect and admiration

Theme: Summer storms or nature creates beauty at unexpected moments.

Title: July Storm

Author: Coatsworth, Elizabeth

Type of Poem: lyric

Metaphorical devices:

personification: rain came slowly dressed in crystal and the sun

like a tall woman walking across a hayfield

simile: like a tall woman walking across a hayfield

Imagery:

tall woman walking across a hayfield: visual, tactile

dressed in crystal and the sun: visual

rustling along the ground: visual, auditory

Sound devices:

onomatopoeia: rustling along the ground

rhyme scheme: abcdefghi

alliteration: Woman Walking

rain Came Slowly dressed in Crystal and the Sun

euphonious: for the alliteration

Tone/Mood: awe and reverence

Theme: Nature can bring forth unexpected wonders.

Title: An Indian Summer Day on the Prairie

Author: Lindsay, Vachel

Type of Poem: lyric

Metaphorical devices:

metaphore: the sun is a huntress

the sun is an Indian girl

allusion: to blossom with flowers of rain

personification: the sun is a huntress

the sun is an Indian girl

Imagery:

that creeps through the high gray plain: tactile, visual

flashing his baleful eyes: visual

Sound devices:

onomatopoeia: That creeps through the high gray plain

rhyme scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK

alliteration: there is a Windless West

the Sun is a Smoldering fire

assonance: creeps through the high grAy plAin

euphonious: for the rhyme scheme and use of devices

Tone/Mood: awe and beauty, wonder of nature

Theme: That we need to just sit and watch the sun in it’s glory roll by.

Title: "To James"

Author: Horne, Frank

Type of Poem: Dramatic

Metaphorical devices:

None

Imagery:

dig your starting holes: tactile, auditory, visual

did not my shout…tell of victory: auditory

how your spikes ripped the cinders in the stretch: tactile, visual

hurdling through the tape of victory: tactile

look straight ahead to the finish line: visual

Sound devices:

onomatopoeia: how your spikes ripped the cinders of the stretch

alliteration: how your Spikes ripped the Cinders in the Stretch

Tone/Mood: caring, hope, rememberance

Theme: To keep going and not give up.

Title: In West Minster Abbey

Author: Betjemian, John

Type of Poem: Dramatic

Metaphorical devices:

allusion: beauteous fields of Eden

synecdoche: guide our forces by thy hand

Imagery:

As the vox humana swells: auditory

Beauteous fields of Eden: visual, olfactory

Listen to a ladies cry: auditory

Sound devices:

Rhyme scheme: ABCBDD

alliteration: Listen to a Ladies cry

Bask Beneath the Abby Bells

assonance: spAre thy women for thy sAke

euphonious: due to sound devices

Tone/Mood:

ironic: (self-centered, hypocrite) But, gracious Lord, whate’er shall be, don’t let anyone bomb me

But even more protect the whites

Theme: A person reveals their true nature in prayer. One must be willing to listen to

God to find comfort or spiritual comfort.

Title: My Papa’s Waltz

Author: Roethke, Theodore

Type of Poem: Lyric

Metaphorical devices:

simile: but I hung on like death

Imagery:

The whiskey on your breath could make a small boy dizzy: olfactory

You beat time on my head, with a palm caked by dirt: tactile, visual, auditory

Sound devices:

rhyme scheme: ABAB

euphonious: due to rhyme scheme

alliteration: the Hand that Held my wrist

Tone/Mood: fun, lighthearted

Theme: Have fun while you are young.

Title: Jazz Fantasia

Author: Sandburg, Carl

Type of Poem: lyric

Metaphorical devices:

simile: moan like an autumn wind high in the lonesome treetops

personification: red moon rides

Imagery:

And go husha-husha-hush with the slippery sandpaper: auditory

Drum on your drums: auditory

Sling your knuckles on the tin pans: visual, tactile, auditory

Sound devices:

onomatopoeia: and go husha-husha-hush with the slippery sandpaper

a steamboat pushes up the night river with a hoo-hoo-oo

alliteration: Drum on your Drums/ Batter your Banjoes

assonance: sOb on the lOng/ bAtter your bAnjoes

cacophonous: due to lack of rhythm

Tone/Mood: awe, respect

Theme: Jazz recreates the sounds of life.

Title: Auto Wreck

Author: Shapiro, Karl

Type of Poem: lyric

Metaphorical devices:

metaphore:

simile: pulsing out red light like an artery

personification: the ambulance at top speed floating down

Imagery:

Quick soft silver bell beating…down the dark one ruby flare: auditory, visual

The mangled lifted and stowed into the little hospital: tactile, visual

Sound devices:

alliteration: our throats were Tight as Tourniquets

we Speak with Sickly Smiles

Tone/Mood: scary, nebulous

Theme: Things go so into slow motion, when disaster hits.

Title: A Blessing

Author: Wright, James

Type: lyric

Metaphorical devices:

simile: breeze moves me to caress her long ear…delicate as the skin on a girls wrist

metaphor: if I stepped out of my body I would break into blossom

personification: twilight bounds softly forth on the grass

Imagery:

Twilight bound softly forth on the grass: visual

The eyes of the Indian ponies darkened: visual

She walked over to me and nuzzled my right hand: tactile

Munching on young tufts of spring: gustatory, tactile, auditory, visual

Sound devices:

onomatopoeia: munching on young tufts of spring

alliteration: there is no Loneliness Like theirs

My friend and Me

they can Hardly contain their Happiness

assonance: mUnching on tUfts of spring

euphonious: due to it’s calm nature

Tone/Mood: awe inspiring, peaceful

Theme: People are closer to themselves, when they are at one with nature.

Title: Solitare

Author: Lowell, Amy

Type: lyric

Metaphorical devices:

allusion: my mind begins to peak and peer, it plays ball in old, Chinese gardens.

personification: when night drifts along the streets of the city

Imagery:

When night drifts along the streets of the city: visual

And shakes wrought dice-cups in Pagan temples: auditory, visual, tactile

Sound devices:

alliteration: my mind begins to Peak and Peer

how Light and Laughing My Mind is

the City is Still

assonance: the cIty Is stIll

Tone/Mood: fun, happy, alone