Poetry Techniques

3. Description: Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities…Example - "A heart symbolizes love."
6. Description: Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words…Example - "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
8. Description: Repetition of vowel sounds within words…Example - "The light of the fire is a sight to admire."
9. Description: Giving human qualities to non-human things…Example - "The wind whispered through the trees."
10. Description: Exaggeration for effect…Example - "I’ve told you a million times."
11. Description: Repeating words or phrases for emphasis…Example - "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

1. Schemes Description: The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line…Example - "AABBA" (e.g., "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, A / How I wonder what you are. A / Up above the world so high, B / Like a diamond in the sky. B / Twinkle, twinkle, little star, A")
2. Description: Comparing two things using "like" or "as"…Example - "She is as brave as a lion."
4. Description: Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"…Example - "He is a shining star."
5. Description: Words that imitate sounds…Example - "The bees buzzed."
7. Description: Placing two things side by side to highlight their differences…Example - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
12. Description: Continuing a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line…Example - "I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree."