Literary Devices Used in Poetry

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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What is rhyme in poetry?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry, creating a musical quality.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images for the reader.

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is an allegory?

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An allegory is a narrative that uses symbolic figures, actions, or events to convey a deeper moral or political meaning.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas, similar to a paragraph in prose.