Poetic Devices
A direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is Simile
This sound device repeats the same beginning consonant sound in closely placed words.
What is Alliteration
This poem by Ian Williams explores echoes and repetition, having a persuasive tone.
Shakespeare wrote most of his plays and poems in this poetic meter
what is Iambic Pentameter
A reference to a well-known person, place, or event, such as when a poet mentions “Achilles’ heel
What is Allusion
The repetition of vowel sounds within words, such as in "fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese.
What is Assonance
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 subverts traditional love poetry by saying his mistress’ eyes are not like this thing.
What is the sun
4 plays that Shakespeare has written
What are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, McBeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Othello, King Lear, Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." is an example of this
What is Juxtaposition
A rhyme in which a word within a single line rhymes with another word in the same line
What is Internal Rhyme
The setting in The Red Wheelbarrow
What is a farm
What is the Globe Theatre
This poetic technique features words with harsh, discordant sounds, like "crash," "clatter," and "grate."
"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see" is an example of this
Three imageries in the poem "Let Evening Come"
What are the chinks in the barn, the crickets and woman knitting, the fox in a sandy den.
Moon and her silver horn, bottle in a ditch, dark shed, abandoned hoe, tall grass.
What is ABABCDCDEFEFGG
How many Poetic devices are in here?
The wind wailed as I trudged through the endless white desert, my footsteps vanishing like forgotten dreams.
What is 3
The wind wailed (personification) as I trudged through the endless white desert (imagery), my footsteps vanishing like forgotten dreams (simile).
How many Sound Devices are in here?
The thunder rumbled as branches cracked and clattered, while raindrops drummed against the rooftops in a steady, hollow beat.
What is 4
The thunder rumbled (onomatopoeia) as branches cracked and clattered (alliteration, consonance), while raindrops drummed (assonance) against the rooftops in a steady, hollow beat.
The action performed by Maya Angelou when she read her poem "Still I Rise"
What is snapping
The three themes that Shakespeares' plays are known for