Poetic Devices
The repeated use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words that are near each other.
Alliteration
Brief reference to a biblical, historical, literary, or mythological person, place, thing, or idea.
Allusion
A figure of speech that compares two unlike objects or ideas without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
The wind whispered mysteries through the branches
Personification
A deliberate use of exaggeration for effect or to emphasize a point
Hyperbole
The use of words to create a vivid mental picture or physical sensation
Imagery
A figure of speech used to compare two different things using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
That's My Achilles' Heel
Allusion
She sings like a nightingale
Simile
A word that sounds like its meaning or mimics a sound
Onomatopoeia
Personification
the emotions or feelings the poem arouses in the reader or audience
Mood
I've told you a million times
Hyperbole
a hot, sticky summer afternoon
Imagery
The repeated use of a word, phrase, line, or stanza in a poem
Repetition
The pattern of correspondence of the end sounds of each line of a stanza or poem; also correspondence of sounds other than at the ends of lines
Rhyme
The poet's feelings (attitude) toward the subject of the poem
Tone
The world is a stage
Metaphor
The dog trots freely in the street
and sees reality
and the things he sees
The dog trots freely thru the street
and the things he sees
are smaller than himself
Repetition
The sound pattern of a poem
Rhythm
A series of lines grouped together and separated from other stanzas by a blank line
Stanza
The overall organization of the lines
Structure
BOOM!!!
Onomatopoeia
I wandered lonely as a cloud
what poetic device is the "cloud"?
Symbolism