Poetic Devices

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Alliteration

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the repetition of the first letter in or more main words

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Allusion

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a reference to a presumably familiar person, place or event from history, literature , mythology or the bible

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Alternate rhyme

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rything pattern where every other line rhymes

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Assonance

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resemblance in sound of accented vowels

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Ballad

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a poem or song of popular origin in short stanzas often with a refrain

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Bard

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a poet who once recited verses glorifying the deeds of heroes

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Blank verse

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verse without rhyme; especially iambic pentameter used in english and dramatic poetry

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Connotation

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the implication or suggestion of a word, rather than a specific meaning

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Consonance

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the close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels

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Couplet

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two successive lines of verse that rhyme with each other

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Epic

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a narrative poem dealing with deed of a heroic person

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Figurative language

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language using works out of the literal meaning to add beauty or force; language have many figures of speech

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Free verse

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poetry that uses neither a regular metrical pattern nor rhyme scheme

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Hyperbole

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a figure of speech using obvious exaggeration for effect

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Iambic

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a foot of a verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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Imagery

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the use of words and figures of speech that appeal to one of the senses

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Lyric

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a poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech implying comparison between two ordinarily dissimilar objects

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Meter

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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in english verse

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Onomatopoeia

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the use of words that imitate sounds associated with the things described

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Oxymoron

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a contradiction in terms

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Personification

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a figure of speech attributing human characteristics to anything not human

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Repetition

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the repeating of a word/ phrase for poetic/ dramatic effect

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Rhyme

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the repetition of similar or duplicated sounds at regular intervals

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Rhyme Scheme

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the arrangement of rhymes in a unit of a verse

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Rhythm

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the sense of movement attributed to the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of prose or poetry

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Simile

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a comparison made between two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

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Stanza

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a group of lines which form a division of a poem

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Symbol

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a figure of speech in which one thing represents something else

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Tone

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the author's relationship to his material/ to his audience or both

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Ex. of Alliteration

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the wind whistled through the woods

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Ex. of assonance

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how now does the cow

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Ex, of consonance

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flip-flop

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Ex. of figurative language

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similes, metaphors, allusions

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Ex. of imagery

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roaring fire

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Ex. of onomatopoeia

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BANG

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Ex. of oxymoron

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jumbo shrimp

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Ex. of repetition

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the wild, wild sea

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Ex of Rhyme Scheme

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abab

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verse

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a poem of specified metric or rhythmical composition