poetic devices Flashcards
alliteration
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning words:
ex) “fetched fresh”
“some sweet-sour candy”
assonance
repetition of similar vowel sounds in words/proses
ex) “I rose and told him of my woe”
blank verse
line of poetry or prose that is in an unrhymed iambic pentameter.
caesura
a strong pause within a line of verse.
ex) The “-“ at the end of them.
enjambment
a run on line of poetry
ex) That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
That piece a wonder, now….
free verse
poetry without a regular pattern of meter of rhyme.
hyperbole
figure of speech exagerrating
imagery
aspects of language that compose images
metaphor
comparison between similar things using “is”
onomatopoeia
use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
personification
given non-human objects human traits
rhyme
matching final vowel or consonant sounds in 2 or more words.
ex) rhyme, dime
down, town
rhythym
the recurrence of accent or stress in lines of verse.
simile
comparing two likes things using like, as, or as though.
symbol
an object/action that means more than itself
