Figurative Language
The people became so silent you could hear a beating heart from across the room.
hyperbole
the voice of the poem
speaker
"Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,"
feminine end rhyme
a poet's formal thoughts on a serious theme
elegy
"Liberty, O glorious triumph of man, O mighty force that ends all tyranny!
apostrophe and exclamation
I was amazed at how many mouths they had to feed on such a small income.
synecdoche
a repeated word, phrase, or line at a fixed position in a poem
refrain
"Jack be nimble; Jack be quick
Jack jump over a candlestick"
masculine end rhyme
a lyric poem that praises a person or object
ode
I do not like you, Sam I am.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them in a box.
I do not like them with a fox. (4)
end-stopped line, masculine end rhyme, and anaphora
The wind gently swept through the valley and slipped in through the cracks in the barn.
personification
a line that ends with a natural speech pause marked by punctuation
end-stopped line
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary.
feminine internal rhyme
a 14 line poem with 3 quatrains and a couplet that houses the theme
English or Shakespearean sonnet
"To err is human, to forgive divine." (3)
parallelism, caesura, and antithesis
The throne has issued an order that the troops will be paid by Thursday.
metonymy
the continuation of a line or clause across a line break
enjambment
"To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells."
internal, feminine rhyme
Italian or Petrarchan sonnet
Hear the mellow wedding bells —
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! 6
assonance, alliteration, personification, euphony, and masculine end rhyme
Whatever his faults, Sir Isaac Newton did have a fairly good mind for science.
understatement
a pause in the middle of a line of poetry noted by punctuation
caesura
"From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells."
feminine internal slant rhyme
a poem about the dawn or two lovers who must part at dawn
aubade
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright! 5
alliteration, personification, cacophony, and masculine end rhyme