___________ is an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point. It tends toward the ridiculous or the funny.

Morning is love, when mom bids me arise,

Eggs shaped like hearts, a breakfast surprise.

The sun barely risen, looks down with a smile,

And says, "take your time, just sit for a while."

Tea time is rest, as the light starts to fade.

Homework is done and the table is laid.

Though distance and time have claimed it from me,

This home lives within, a memory.

My room is a picture which stays in my head -

The books in the corner, the cat on the bed.

Home is my best friend, my partner, my all,

Be it ever so humble, be it ever so small.

The record, so far, for the world’s biggest burp,

is held by Belinda Melinda McNurp.

It wasn’t on purpose. She wasn’t to blame.

Her tummy just rumbled, and out the burp came.

Belinda then instantly saw her mistake.

The ground began trembling and starting to shake.

That rumble was suddenly more of a roar.

It busted the windows and knocked down the door.

as clouds began thundering all around town.

The trees toppled over. The buildings fell down.

Tornadoes and hurricanes blew through the sky.

The rivers flowed backward. The oceans ran dry.

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;

What immortal hand or eye,

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

What the hammer? what the chain,

In what furnace was thy brain?

What the anvil? what dread grasp,

Dare its deadly terrors clasp!

When the stars threw down their spears

And water'd heaven with their tears:

Did he smile his work to see?

Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

My sister once again

is on the prowl

A lioness hunting her prey

Searching for something

lost long ago

I hope it won’t ruin her day.

Like a detective she snoops

In dizzying loops

Until she picks up on a clue

A little white bottle

she once thought long gone

At last she has located her glue

This poetic device repeats at regular intervals in different stanzas. It may contain minor changes in wording or sequence. It contributes to the rhyme and throws light on the ideas which a poet wants to emphasize.

This poetic device compares two things which are not similar using 'like', 'as', 'appeared', 'seemed'. The writer tries to communicate his/her abstract thought or idea to the reader by comparing it to a scene, object or concept familiar to the reader so that the latter understands the writer's emotion. eg. My dog is like a detective when he looks for his bone.

It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea,

But we loved with a love that was more than love—

I and my Annabel Lee—

_______________________ is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.

Through this device of comparison the poet identifies two things which share identical qualities and characteristics even if their forms are different, and compares them.

Through this device, a poet given non-human objects human qualities and activities. These non-human objects can be living things but are not human.

Drip... drop... drip, drip... drop

The water rolled off the leaf.

And plopped to the ground.

The sun just had a nasty day,

refused to smile or shine.

It stayed behind the dark gray clouds,

a mottled, grim design.

But shortly after dinner time

one ray poked though the gray,

a spark of golden yellow warmth

reminding us of day.

This a device to create music or rhythm in the poem. It occurs when the beginning consonant sounds of words in a line of a poem are the same. eg. the dirty dog dug a deep ditch in the garden

This is another rhythm creating device used in poetry. It occurs when the last consonant sounds of words in a line are the same. eg The cat sat on the mat and ate the rat it caught. the 't' sound is repeated throughout the line. This device is........

This rhythm creating device is called __________. It occurs when the vowel sounds are repeated in a line of a poem. eg. they waited in the shade for the sun to abate. the sound /ei/ or 'a' is repeated.