Free verse-verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
"I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass."
Slave Narratives-personal accounts of what it was like to live in bondage.
"Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is-'tis he who has endured."
Quatrains-a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
There are many ways (a) To have a good time (b) I like to make up a rhyme (b) It helps me pass my days (a)
Slant Rhymes-rhyme in which either the vowels or consonants of stressed syllables are identical.
I sat in the dark nursing my broken heart.
Point of View-narrative mode, or perspective of the narrator voice.
First person:(includes the thoughts and perspective of one main character, who's telling his/her story) Second person:(turns the reader into the character)
First Person-the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself or to a group including himself or herself.
- Free verse-verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.
"I loaf and invite my soul,I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass."
- Slave Narratives-personal accounts of what it was like to live in bondage.
"Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is-'tis he who has endured."- Quatrains-a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
There are many ways (a)To have a good time (b)
I like to make up a rhyme (b)
It helps me pass my days (a)
- Slant Rhymes-rhyme in which either the vowels or consonants of stressed syllables are identical.
I sat in the darknursing my broken heart.
- Point of View-narrative mode, or perspective of the narrator voice.
First person:(includes the thoughts and perspective of one main character, who's telling his/her story)Second person:(turns the reader into the character)