Poetry Terms

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds at the end of words, often used in poetry to create a musical effect.

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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 onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the natural sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to, like 'buzz' or 'bang'.

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What is consonance?

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Consonance is the repetition of similar consonant sounds in close proximity, especially at the end of words, such as 'wind' and 'sand'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words, like 'seven snakes slithered silently'.

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, creating internal rhyming within phrases or sentences.

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What is meter in poetry?

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Meter is the rhythmic structure of verses in poetry, determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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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 unrelated things, suggesting they are alike in some way.

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What is 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 imagery in poetry?

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Imagery refers to descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental pictures for the reader.