Poetry Vocabulary List

"As free as a bird" is an example of

• simile
• metaphor
• proverb
• idiom

"Allie Alligator ate apples" is an example of

• alliteration
• metaphor
• rhyme
• assonance

The slogan "information wants to be free" is an example of

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

A short Japanese poem

• Limerick
• Haiku
• Ballad
• Sonnet

a long poem that tells a story

• Epic poem
• Ballad
• Narrative poem
• Limerick

a section of a poem

• ballad

• line

• stanza

• verse

"She's got a heart of gold" is an example of

• simile
• hyperbole
• personification
• metaphor

a short songlike poem

• ballad
• sonnet
• ode
• lyric poem

when two words have the same ending sound

• Ryme
• Rime
• Rhyme
• Rhythm

saying the same thing over and over

• iteration
• redundancy
• recurrence
• repetition