Elements of Poetry
The person or persona the reader is supposed to imagine talking or speaking in the poem
SPEAKER
unit of language into which a poem is divided
LINE
A stated comparison between two unlike things that have certain qualities in common with the use of "as" or "like".
Simile
a figure of speech that makes a reference to or a representative of, people, places, events, literary works, myths either directly or by implication
Allusion
repetition of the initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
The subject or the idea or the thing that the poem concerns or represents.
CONTENT
•referred to as the “unit of poetic lines.”
STANZA
An inanimate object, an animal or an idea given human attribute
Personification
Words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words
Irony
Repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of neighboring clauses
Anaphora
Relates to the general idea or ideas continuously developed throughout the poem.
THEME
pattern for making the poem
FORM
Involves exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
Hyperbole
Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect
Oxymoron
Omission of unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve a meter of line of poetry
Elision
the person or people to whom the speaker is speaking
AUDIENCE
the attitude you feel in the poem – the writer’s attitude towards the subject or audience
TONE
An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common without the use of "as" or "like".
Metaphor
A writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
Understatement
Formation or use of words which imitates the source of the sound that it describes
Onomatopoeia
•is a natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line
CAESURA
refers to the “pictures” which we perceive with our five senses
IMAGERY
Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
Symbol
a figure of speech in which some absent or non-existing person or thing is addressed as if present and capable of understanding or replying
Apostrophe
consists of unstressed and stressed syllables
Iamb