Poetic Devices
When two things are compared using “like” or “as”.
What is a simile?
a poetic device where a word, phrase or whole line is repeated
What is repetition?
a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a Diamond in the sky
Example of AABB poem
She was as cute as a button
when a things is stated as being another thing
What is metaphor?
the repetition of a consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
What is haiku?
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,
And towards our distant rest began to trudge
Example of ABAB poem
I’ve told you a million times not to do that
Example of hyperbole
Words that create a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
is giving life characteristics (motives or behaviours) to things not living.
What is personification?
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
What is a ballad?
Here in your arms
is where I belong
The beating of your heart
is like a beautiful song
Example ABCB Poem
Dan's dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.
the use of bitter or wounding, esp. ironic, remarks;
What is sarcasm?
gross exaggeration for dramatic effect
What is hyperbole?
What is a sonnet?
Whenas in silks my Julia goes,
Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows
That liquefaction of her clothes.
Example AAA Rhyme Scheme
The moon walks the night.
something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction
What is symbolism?
the scheme that describes the way poem lines relate to each other
Rhyme Scheme
a poem or other word composition in which the first letter of each new line spells out a word, message or the alphabet
What is acrostic?
Others abide our question. Thou art free.
We ask and ask—Thou smilest and art still,
Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill,
Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty,
He should live in a pig-sty.