Poetic Devices

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What is personification?

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A poetic device where human qualities are given to non-human things, like 'The rain tapped a tune on my window.'

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What is the theme of a poem?

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The main topic or underlying message of the poem.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, without using 'like' or 'as', such as 'Time is a thief.'

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What is a stanza?

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A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is a line break?

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A pause in a poem that occurs at the end of a line, indicating a shift in thought or rhythm.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words, like 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents, such as 'buzz', 'hiss', or 'clang'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as', such as 'as brave as a lion.'

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What is meter in poetry?

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The rhythmic structure of a poem, determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is a refrain?

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A repeated line or group of lines in a poem, often at the end of a stanza.