Poetry Terms

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, often at the end of lines in poems.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning sound in more than two words, such as 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants, as in 'blade' and 'maze.'

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What is consonance?

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Consonance is the repetition of similar consonant sounds at the end of accented syllables, as in 'wind' and 'sand.'

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What is metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as,' suggesting they are the same.

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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 'sizzle.'

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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 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.

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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 'like' or 'as,' such as 'as brave as a lion.'