POETIC DEVICES

ALLITERATION

• The Repetition of the Same Letter.
• Example:
• Terrible Truths and Lullaby Lies

IMAGERY

• A Poem with images that explain it.
• Example:
• Hi Mr. (a picture of a pig)

ONOMATOPOEIA

• A word that imitates the sound it represents.
• Example:
• Who? Pio, pio.

RHYMES

• Different words that rhyme with another words at the end of a sentence.
• Example:
• (Cat, hat, crab.)

RHYME SCHEME

• A repeated pattern of rhymed words at the end of the line.
• Example:
• Lusty eyes (A) Passionate cries (A)
• Rich blood, (B) Bitter sweat (C)
• She/he loves (D) And dies (A)

STANZA

• A group of poetic lines (also called a verse)
• Example:
• Like glistening sun and moon like day and
• Gloomy night like pure earth and gentle clouds
• Transformation- Life and Death.

VERSE

• One single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern. Also, a piece of poetry or a particular form of poetry.
• Example:
• such as free verse, blank verse, etc., or the art or work of a poet.

SYMBOL

• An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance
• Example:
• a flag to represent a country, a lion to represent courage.
• A small cross by the dangerous curve on the road reminded all of Johnny’s death.

ALLUSION

• A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character.
• Example:

RYTHM

• The rhyme or sounds of the words.
• Example:
• i THOUGHT i SAW a PUSsyCAT.

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