Poetry Elements

A figure of speech in which a thing, idea or animal is given human attributes.

• style
• personification
• alliteration
• idiom

A group of lines forming a unit in a poem.

• style
• meter
• stanza
• imagery

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.

• alliteration
• rhyme
• tone 
• repetition

The repetition of sounds at the ends of words that appear close to each other in a poem.

• alliteration
• rhyme
• simile
• metaphor

A comparison between to unlike things using like or as.

• metaphor
• alliteration
• stanza
• simile

A comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as.

• metaphor
• simile
• repetition
• idiom

The author's attitude toward the subject, idea, theme, and characters in a text.

• Mood
• Tone
• Imagery
• Stanza

The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzas in a piece of writing.  

• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Rhyme
• Rhyme Scheme

An expression that cannot be understood from meanings of its separate words, but has a separate meaning of its own.

• simile
• metaphor 
• meter
• idiom

Language that emphasizes sensory language to help the reader see, hear, feel, smell and taste the scenes described.

• imagery
• tone
• personification
• stanza