Poetry Meaning

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words. It creates a flow among words.

• alliteration

• repetition

• assonance

The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.

• Theme

• Tone

• Verse

• Hyperbole

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.

• Symbol

• Theme

• Allusion

• Enjambment

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

• Plot Elements

• Figurative Language

• Sensory Language

• Literal Language

A group of lines in a poem; like a paragraph or verse

• Lines

• Chorus

• Stanza

• Refrain

The following line conveys which sound device?
"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary"

• a rhyme scheme

• an internal rhyme 

• an end rhyme

All of the following artistic choices would add layers of meaning to the central theme of a poem except for 

• the use of symbolism 

• the use of an extended metaphor

• the use of figurative language 

• the use of an intricate rhyme scheme

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, often used to create internal rhyming within phrases.

• A) Assonance

• B) Consonance

• C) Alliteration

• D) Onomatopoeia

The attitude or approach that the author takes toward the work’s central theme or subject.

• A) Tone

• B) Mood

• C) Style

• D) Voice

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

• A) Oxymoron

• B) Paradox

• C) Irony

• D) Metaphor