Poetic Terms

3. metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines or even the entire literary work
7. non-human things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities
9. subtle comparison in which the author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally
10. two words or lines that end in the same sound
11. repeating cadence/meter that enriches or emphasizes words, phrases, lines, and even whole verses of poems
13. basic rhythmic structure in verse, composed of stressed and unstressed syllables
16. use of language to create mental images and sensory impressions
19. use of words that sound like what they mean

1. group of words repeated at key intervals in poetry
2. repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words or stressed syllables
4. pattern of rhyming lines
5. repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds close together
6. intentional end of a line of poetry
8. regular patterns that emphasize sounds
12. a rhyme within the same line of verse
14. comparison of two things that are essentially different, usually using the words like or as
15. intentional and extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect
17. repetition of vowel sounds in words close together
18. division of a poem composed of two or more lines characterized by meter, rhyme, and number of lines