Poetry Terms Advanced

patterns of words that sound the same

• simile

• rhyme

• form

a four line stanza

• quatrain

• octave

• idiom

a comparison using "like" or "as"

• allusion

• symbol

• simile

a direct comparison of two unlike things

• simile

• irony

• metaphor

a repetition of sounds throughout several words in a line

• alliteration

• assonance

• hyperbole

words that imitate the sound they're naming

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• consonance

a concrete object with an abstract meaning

• idiom

• rhyme

• symbol

a group of lines arranged together

• octave

• stanza

• form

the use of very descriptive, sensory language

• allusion

• hyperbole

• imagery

the beat created by the sounds of the words in a poem

• meter

• rhythm

• idiom