Poetry

12 cards·by Blake

Stanza

a group of lines in a poem

Form

the appearance of the words on the page

Refrain

a word, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem

Rhyme

Repetition of sounds at the ending of words

Repetition

A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer

Figurative Language

a tool that an author uses to help the reader visualize or see what is happening in a poem

Simile

A comparison using like or as

Metaphor

A comparison, not using like or as. States that one thing is something else

Personification

giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to not living objects

Hyperbole

an intentional exaggeration, used for emphasis

Alliteration

the repetition of the initial consonant sounds

Onomatopoeia

words that imitate the sound that they are naming