Poetic devices
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in neighboring words
What is Alliteration?
A rhythmic foot in poetry with one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed (“da-DUM”)
What is an iamb?
When two or more words at the ends of lines share the same sound, like “cat” and “hat”.
What is a rhyme?
A 14-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, often with a turn (volta).
What is a sonnet?
The author of “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.”
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
A direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
A line of poetry with five iambic feet (ten syllables, unstressed-stressed)
What is iambic pentameter?
A rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
A poem of two lines that usually rhyme and have the same meter.
What is a couplet?
The Jamaican-born poet who wrote “If We Must Die” (1918).
Who is Claude McKay?
A figure of speech that gives human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
A rhythmic foot with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed (“DA-da-da”).
What is a dactyl?
A rhyme that occurs in an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, like “remembrance” and “acceptance”.
What is feminine rhyme?
A poem or stanza of four lines, often with a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a quatrain?
The poem that begins “Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me…”
What is “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson?
An extended metaphor that continues through a series of sentences or lines in a poem.
What is a conceit?
A line that has no regular meter or rhyme; free in rhythm.
What is free verse?
The repetition of vowel sounds in words close to each other (e.g., “mellow wedding bells”).
What is assonance?
A poetic form where the first line is repeated as the last line, common in French poetry.
What is a villanelle?
he poet known for writing “Song of Myself” and being called the “Father of Free Verse”.
Who is Walt Whitman?
The use of an over exaggeration for effect, like " i've told you a million times."
What is a hyperbole?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is meter?
he repetition of consonant sounds in closely placed words when the vowels are different (e.g., “blank and think”).
What is consonance?
A poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse?
The poem by Langston Hughes that begins “I, too, sing America.”
What is “I, Too”?