Elements of Poetry

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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A word that sounds like what it means (e.g., boom, sizzle).

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What is Repetition in poetry?

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The repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis (e.g., 'nevermore').

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What is a Simile?

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A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' (e.g., 'as brave as a lion').

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What is a Metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' (e.g., 'Time is a thief').

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What is Personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human things (e.g., 'The wind whispered through the trees').

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What is Rhyme?

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The repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines in poetry (e.g., cat, hat, bat).

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What is Alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words (e.g., 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore').

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What is a Stanza?

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space from other stanzas.

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What is a Couplet?

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A pair of lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.

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What is a Quatrain?

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A stanza of four lines, often with alternating rhymes.