Characteristics of a Poem
is a phrase that is often repeated and has become kind of meaningless
a series of lines grouped together and separated by an empty line
a comparison made between things which are essentially not alike.
A figure of speech where one thing is replaced with a word that is closely associated with it
When something that is not human is given human-like qualities
when words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence
When the name of an action imitates the sound associated with it
When you repeat a vowel sound in a phrase
a poem that tells a story; its structure resembles the plot line of a story
a figure of speech using a word or words that are a part to represent a whole
a pleasing sounding caused by the repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems