Poetry Elements
Giving human characteristics to a non-human object.
The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
A phrase made of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings
An extreme exaggeration.
Stomp! Stomp!
Swish! Swish!
This is the way we get through our games!
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comedic effect
They are always stuffed!
Comparing two things without using the words like or as.
No, Nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Word combinations of phrases which have a different meaning than the literal meaning of each word or phrase
When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonants.
A word that imitates the sound it represents
Descriptive words that create a picture in the reader’s mind which appeal to the five senses
Turning my cheeks to pink
Softly falling, falling
Not a sound in the air
Delicately designed in snow
Repeated consonant sounds within or at the end of a word.
A comparison between two, unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.
I do not like them Sam I am.
I do not like them in a boat.
I do not like them with a goat.
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.
A humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested
"Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese."