Poetic Devices Flashcards
Rhyme
Use of words with same final words.
E.g. Lamp
Stamp
End Rhyme
Rhymes with a word on another line.
E.g. Hey diddle ‘diddle’
The cat and the ‘fiddle’.
Internal Rhyme
Rhymes with a word on the same line.
E.g. Once upon a midnight ‘dreary’ while I pondered weak and ‘weary’.
Near Rhyme
Either the same vowel or constant but not both.
E.g. Rose
Lose
Rhyme Scheme
Pattern of a rhyme
E.g.
Old mother Hubbard a
Went in a cupboard a
To get her dog a bone b
But when she go there c
The cupboard was there c
And so the dog had no bone b
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
E.g. She was as tall as mountains
Personification
Give inanimate objects/animals human characteristics
Symbolism
Something that represents something else from its literal meaning
Allusion
Reference in words to something which most people can understand
These reference come from historical events, mythology etc.
Sensory image
Language that appeals to senses
-Tactile: TOUCH
-Gustatory: TASTE
-Visual: SIGHT
-Auditory: SOUND
-Olfactory: SMELL
Lyric
Short poem
Haiku
A japanese poem written in 3 lines with the pattern of;
-5 syllables (S)
- 7 S
- 5 S
Narrative poem
Poem that tells a story
Concrete poem
Words are arranged to create a picture that relates to the content of the poem.
Assonance + Consonance
A= Repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry
E.g. Lake, Fate, base, fade- all share long A sound
C= Similar to alliteration except the repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words
E.g. “Silken, Sad, unCertain, ruStling..”
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sound they are naming, enhances the sound of the poem and helps convey the mood and atmosphere
Alliteration
Contain same consonant sounds
E.g. If peter piper a picked a peck of pickled peppers~
Metaphor
Compares one thing to another by saying it is the other
Refrain
A sound, word or phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem.
Onomatopeia
Words that imitate the sound they are naming
Alliteration
Words that have the same consonant sounds
E.g. If peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers~
Assonance + Consonance
C= Similar to alliteration but the repeated consonant sounds can be anywhere in the words
E.g. Silken, Sad, unCertain, ruStling
A= Repeated vowel sounds in a line or lines of poetry.
E.g. Late, fate, base, fade- all share the long A sound
Refrain
A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem.
Simile
A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be similar to another using the terms ‘like’ or ‘as’
Metaphor
Like a simile but it compares on thing to another by saying it is the other
