Poetic Devices Terms & Examples

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1 Poetic Devices Terms & Examples imagery Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses. sound The poet uses rhyme, rhythm, and/or repetition to help the listener to hear the poem. rhythm The beat of a poem. lines phrases or words in a stanza form What a poem looks like figurative language language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.) simile comparison using like or as metaphor comparison not using like or as onomatopoeia the use of words that imitate sounds

2 personification A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes hyperbole extreme exaggeration rhyme scheme/rhyme The pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza. Example- the pattern ababbcbcc. alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds at the BEGINNING of words. repetition repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis in a poem stanza The division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains. stanza example Super Samson Simpson (two stanzas) by Jack Prelutsky I am Super Samson Simpson, I'm superlatively strong, I like to carry elephants, I do it all day long, I pick up half a dozen and hoist them in the air, it's really somewhat simple, for I have strength to spare.

3 My muscles are enormous, they bulge from top to toe, and when I carry elephants, they ripple to and fro, but I am not the strongest in the Simpson family, for when I carry elephants, my grandma carries me. alliteration example Super Samson Simpson by Jack Prelutsky I am Super Samson Simpson, I'm superlatively strong, I like to carry elephants, I do it all day long, I pick up half a dozen and hoist them in the air, it's really somewhat simple, for I have strength to spare. sound example Drip Drop by Bruce Lansky Drip drop, drip drop, darned rain won't stop. Dropping on my windowpane, it is driving me insane.

4 theme example growing up Whatif by Shel Silverstein Last night, while I lay thinking here, some Whatifs crawled inside my ear and pranced and partied all night long and sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I'm dumb in school? Whatif they've closed the swimming pool? imagery example Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (sight, smell, touch, taste) There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white, and there the sun burns crimson bright, and there the moon-bird rests from his flight to cool in the peppermint wind. rhythm example poem/song with a beat We Will Rock You by Queen repetition example Twaddletalk Tuck by Jack Prelutsky I'm Twaddletalk Tuck and I talk and I talk and I talk when I run and I talk when I walk and I talk when I hop and I talk when I creep and I talk when I wake and I talk when I sleep

5 and I talk when it's wet and I talk when it's dry and I talk when I laugh and I talk when i cry and I talk when I jump and I talk when I land and I talk when I sit and I talk when I stand and I talk and I talk into anyone's ear and I talk and I talk when there's nobody near and I talk when I'm hoarse and my voice is a squawk for I'm Twaddletalk Tuck and I talk and I talk. -by Jack Prelutsky hyperbole example I've told you a million times. personification example The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. The ocean danced in the moonlight. onomatopoeia example KABOOM! Kaboom! Ka-blast Way in the past the miners mined for ore. They searched for copper, iron and salt, for that and much, much more. metaphor example He was a stainless steel ruler, tall, straight and always measured in Response. Metaphor Example: The snow is a white blanket.

6 simile example: As boring as watching paint dry Like two peas in a pod Symbolism: My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky A rainbow symbolizes hope and good things that are coming in William Wordsworth s My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold : form example epic, rhyme