Topics: Literature › Poetry
Type: Narrative Essays
Sample donated: Patsy Schneider
Last updated: December 4, 2019
rhyme
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
rhythm
the beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
repetition
the use of any element of language more than once
onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
alliteration
the repetition of sounds in the beginning of words
figures of speech
many types of figurative language
metaphor
describe one thing as if it were something else
simile
use like or as to compare 2 apparently unlike things and show similarities between the two
personification
gives human qualities to something that is non human
narrative
poetry that tells a story in a verse
lyric
poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
concrete
poems that are shaped to look like their subjects, the poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page
haiku
a three-line japanese verse form, first and third lines have 5 syllables and the second line has 7
limerick
a humorous, rhyming, five-line poem
