Poetry Glossary

4. the way or view from which a person sees themselves, others and the world
6. the poetic pace and flow created from a measure of balance and pattern with the language structure
7. giving inanimate or inhuman objects human traits or abilities
8. the circumstances in which an event occurs
9. gross exaggeration
11. Words or phrases that appeal to the reader on an emotional level
16. 'paragraphs' which make up a poem
17. comparing two objects using 'like' or 'as'
18. implied additional meaning or association with different meanings
19. the repetition of a vowel at the start of several words'

1. an aim or goal
2. mental pictures created by colourful language features
3. Language that appeals to our sense, touch, taste, sight, hearing, and smell
5. use of adjectives or adverbs to give more detailed information on a subject
10. when one object, through comparison, becomes another using 'is'
12. the word of a sound eg. "Whoosh", "BANG!"
13. the expression of meaning using words or phrases that imply the opposite
14. the repetition of a consonant at the start of several words
15. the repletion of words or phrases for emphasis