Poetry Elements and Poetic Devices

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem that functions like a paragraph.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a direct comparison of two objects, people, or things. Without using the words like or as.

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What is personification?

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The attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities, as seen in the line.

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What is imagery?

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Descriptive language that creates vivid mental pictures, as illustrated in the line: 'Water before it plunges down / a waterfall / is as still / as a mirror facing the sky.'

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a phrase, enhancing rhythm and musicality.

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in a poem.