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Poetic DevicesLA 10
Allegory
A definition that serves an extended metaphor; telling a story that has both literal and figurative meanings
In “Hope is a thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson—hope is
compared to a bird throughout the poem
Alliteration
The repetition of a sound at the beginning of a series of words
◦ “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers…”
◦ “Rain races, ripping like wind. Its restless rage rattles like rocks
ripping through the air.”
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in words that are closer
together to create an effect
“Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese”
Consonance
The repetition of a consonant sound at any
place in a series of words.
“And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple
curtain.” –Edgar Allen Poe
Blank Verse
Poetry with regular meter (same number of syllables in each line) but NO rhyme
Line 1: Soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
(10 syllables)
Line 2: It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
(10 syllables)
Connotation
Created when you mean something else, some
meaning that is IMPLIED
Innocence means absence of corruption (literally) OR lack
of experience (implied)
Diction
The specific word choice (vocabulary) and syntax (order of words) in a text
“You beat time on my head”- My Papa’s Walz
Epithet
A common knowledge descriptive phrase or word that is used instead of the
actual name
The Great Lake State for Michigan
Free Verse
Poetry without meter, rhyme or any other musical
patterns
“A noiseless patient spider,I mark’d where on a little
promontory it stood isolated,Mark’d how to explore the vacant
vast surrounding,”-A Noiseless Patient Spider by
Walt Whitman
Irony
The difference between the way something appears and what is actually true; often functions as
sarcasm, exaggeration, or understatement
When I say to my 1st hour, “Wow you guys are so
energetic today!”
Meter
The rhythm established by a poem, not only the number of syllables but the way those
syllables are accented
“Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away”
Onomatopoeia
The use of words whose sound makes one think of
its meaning
WHAM!
Bonk!
Plink, plink.
Paradox
A seemingly contradictory statement that contains a
truth
“I can resist anything except temptation”
Paraphrase
Saying the same things in different or fewer words for the
purpose of clarification
NO EXAMPLE NEEDED
Rhythm
The arrangement of spoken words alternating between
stressed & unstressed syllables—regular, repetitive sounds
We real cool.
We/left school.
We/lurk late.
We/strike straight.
Setting
The time & place of the story
The first Harry Potter takes place in a fictional world in Europe at the Hogwarts School for Magic
Stanza
A group of lines forming a unit of poetry aka a POEM
PARAGRAPH
I had no time to hate, becauseThe grave would hinder me,And life was not so ample It
Could finish enmity.
Nor had I time to love; but sinceSome industry must be,
The little toil of love, I thought,Was large enough for me.[5]
Symbol
They associate two things but their meaning is both
literal & figurative
An oak tree to evoke the cycle of death & rebirth through the loss &
growth of leaves
Theme
The central idea (in sentence form) of a piece of writing that the author is trying to get the
reader to think about
For the Odysessey
Being intelligent is more important than being strong.
Tone
The attitude of the author as opposed to the narrator or the
speaker toward his subject matter and/or his audience
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