Poetry Elements

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What is Rhyme?

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Rhyme is when two or more words have the same ending sound.

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate natural sounds, such as 'BOOM', 'MOO', and 'ZOINK'.

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What is Poetry?

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Poetry is writing that is musical and artistic in nature, used to express feelings, and is usually written in verses.

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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', e.g., 'Her eyes are as sparkly as diamonds'.

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What is Allusion in poetry?

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Allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art, used to help the reader connect to the content of the poem.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'Time is a thief'.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series 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 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 Personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.