Elements of Poetry

The overarching structure of the poem/how it looks on the page

• Imagery

• Form

• Allusion

• Repetition

Using a word or phrase multiple times for emphasis

• Repetition

• Assonance

• Rhythm

• Symbol

Using different types of figurative language to appeal to the five sense

• Form

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Allusion

A comparison of two things that do not use "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Consonance

A comparison of two things that do use "like" or "as"

• Simile

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Consonance

Duplicating the end sound of words to create a pattern

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Assonance

A strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Repetition

• Form

Making a reference to or hinting at something without directly stating it

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Allusion

• Imagery

Something that represents or stands for something else

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Allusion

• Simile

Repeating vowel sounds throughout a line of poetry

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Rhyme