Poetic Devices

3. this poetic device gives human qualities to something that is not human
5. this poetic device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
6. the writer's attitude toward his or her subject in the poem
8. a poetic device that refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. These alike consonant sounds can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of words, and consonance is created when these words appear in quick succession.
9. the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, as in Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
12. extreme exaggeration to show intensity or urgency
13. the use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, or sentence - more than once

1. like a narrator of a story, this is the voice of the poem
2. the feelings and associations a word evokes in people
4. a brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is familiar; usually these come from the Bible, Greek or Roman mythology, or historical events
7. the use of words to imitate sounds
9. a poetic device in which the repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place in two or more words next or close to each other within a line of poetry
10. language that appeals to the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
11. the message or insight about life or human nature that the poem conveys