Poetry Review

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is a literary device where the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of closely placed words. Example: 'Busy bee'.

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What is a Speaker in poetry?

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The speaker is the voice or persona that narrates the poem, not necessarily the author.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is a literary device that involves extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect. Example: 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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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'. Example: 'As brave as a lion'.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a literary device that assigns human qualities to non-human things. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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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'. Example: 'Time is a thief.'

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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. Example: 'cat' and 'hat'.

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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.

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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, creating vivid mental pictures.

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What is a Theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message conveyed in a poem.