Poetic Devices

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STANZA

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A division of poetry, similar to a paragraph

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ODE

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A lyrical poem paying tribute to someone or something

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HAIKU

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Japanese form of poetry, typically about nature (5/7/5)

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FREE VERSE

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Poetry without a defined rhyme scheme

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ELEGY

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A poem lamenting the loss of someone

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SIMILE

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A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

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METAPHOR

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A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as

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PERSONIFICATION

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Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object

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IMAGERY

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Using sensory words to create pictures in the mind

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SONNET

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A poem of fourteen lines with a definite rhyme scheme, often used by Shakespeare