Poetic Devices
can be termed as the creation of a word describing its sound. Some of the popular examples of words sounding similar to their meanings are roar, clap, moo, etc. It is one of the popular poetic devices used in children rhymes to give them a rhythmic and easy to remember structure similar to a jingle.
Onomatopoeia
As a figure of speech is a poetic device, a _______ is used in order to draw a comparison between unrelated things in an implicit or hidden way
Metaphor
Renowned for its small size, this type of poem consist of just three lines
A Haiku
What is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself?
teeth are the only part of the body that cannot heal themselves.
Dr. Seuss
Being the most important and popular poetic device, these are widely used while framing poems. They play a decisive role in adding more charm and mood in the poem. It is a tool that brings music to the poem in a proper rhythmic structure.
Rhyme
a figure of speech that consists of an exaggeration
Hyperbole
This type of poetry spells out a name, word, phrase or message with the first letter of each line of the poem.
Acrostic
What animal's heart is located in its head.
a shrimp
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
There was an old man of the coast
Who placidly sat on a post
But when it was cold
He relinquished his hold
And called for some hot buttered toast.
AABBA
In order to put extreme emphasis on our writing style, we use this technique. the words or phrases are ESPECIALLY emphasized with this type of technique of retelling or recapitulation
Repetition
a figure of speech that compares two things that are different from each other but have similar qualities.
Simile
This poem has 14 lines. Each line 10 syllables in the rhyming pattern: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
A sonnet
What letter does not appear in any American state names?
Q
a set amount of lines in poetry grouped together by their length, meter or rhyme scheme.
A Stanza
inanimate objects or plants or animals are givien qualities of living beings with human qualities
Personification
This figure of speech, which should not be confused with ironies and paradoxes, links two opposing ideas at once.
Oxymoron
This poem has a rhyme scheme of AABBA, the poem is often humorous
A Limerick
What are the only animals that blush?
Humans
the single, unbroken sound of a spoken or written word.
A syllable
A scenario or term that is overused to the extent that it is deemed unoriginal is referred to as a _______
Cliché
the use of unappealing, repulsive, or harsh noises
cacophony
This type of poem is about death.
An Elegy
Other than humans, only one other animal has been known to have names for one another.
Dolphins
According to National Geographic, dolphins use a unique whistle to distinguish between different members in their pod.
Which poet/writer wrote this couplet?
So long as men can breathe and eyes can see; so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
William Shakespeare