Figurative Language
writing in which the poet chooses and arranges words to create a strong feeling of meaning sound and rhythm
poem
rows of words
lines -
giving human qualities to nonliving things
personification -
short poem that is like a song
lyric poem -
repeating of words or lines in poetry
groups of lines set apart by spaces
use of an image or thing to represent something else
symbolism -
poem that does not follow any rules of rhythm or rhyme
free verse -
repetition of an initial consonant sound
describes words with the same ending sound
rhyme -
reference to another work, such as the bible
allusion -
short poem with stanzas of two to four lines and refrain that repeats and tells a story
ballad -
comparison using like or as
simile -
ending of lines that rhyme with each other, shown by a sequence of letters like abab
rhyme scheme -
attitude of the speaker
short poem with 5-7-5 syllables in three lines about nature
haiku -
comparison without using like or as
metaphor -
position or outlook from which the speaker tells the story
point of view
poem that has two or more stanzas, about an object or person
ode -