Poetry Terms

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What is Figurative Language?

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Figurative Language is a literary device that compares two dissimilar things to create an image and add resonance.

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What is Free Form Poetry?

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Free Form Poetry is a type of poem that uses lines of varying lengths along with unpredictable rhyme schemes and rhythms.

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What is Traditional Poetry?

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Traditional Poetry refers to various types of poetry that each have their own predictable structure and pattern.

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What is a Metaphor?

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A Metaphor is a figure of speech that uses a word or phrase to describe something that it does not literally apply to, in order to show a similarity.

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What is Rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the musical quality produced by the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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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'.

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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.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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What is Rhyme?

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

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What are Sound Devices in poetry?

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Sound Devices are techniques used in poetry to create auditory effects, such as alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia.