Poetic Devices
This poetic device gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
A pair of rhyming lines in a poem.
What is a couplet?
"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of this device.
What is personification?
A short, unrhymed poem with 5-7-5 syllables.
What is haiku?
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem, such as ABAB or AABB.
What is rhyme scheme?
This term refers to words that imitate sounds, like "buzz" or "sizzle."
What is onomatopoeia?
A four-line stanza, often with alternating rhyme.
What is a quatrain?
"The sky was a blanket of darkness" is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
A humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
This is when words at the end of a line of poetry rhyme.
What is end rhyme?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
The pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm?
"The rain was like a drummer tapping on the roof" is an example of this device.
What is a simile?
A poem that tells a story, often passed down orally.
What is a ballad?
The type of meter most commonly used by Shakespeare, with five iambs per line.
What is iambic pentameter?
A direct comparison between two unlike things, saying one is the other.
What is a metaphor?
The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words, often found at the end of lines, but can be internal, too.
What is rhyme?
What is onomatopoeia?
A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter often about love.
What is a sonnet?
The repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words, like "The light of the fire is a sight."
What is assonance?
A comparison using "like" or "as," such as "Her smile was as bright as the sun."
What is a simile?
This is the usual humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more meanings (i.e. a dad joke).
What is a pun?
The phrase, "That girl is his Achilles' heel!" exemplifies this device.
What is allusion?
A poem without a set rhyme scheme or meter.
What is free verse?
This is when words within the same line of poetry rhyme, rather than at the end of lines.
What is internal rhyme?