Poetry Vocabulary

3. A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is stated or implied to actually be another thing
5. the physical structure of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition
8. Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
11. A rhyming sound that is not exact.
13. A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.
15. A comparison of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be similar to another; typically using like or as
16. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
17. Repetition of sounds at the ends of words

1. the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
2. A word that imitates the sound it represents.
4. An attitude of a writer toward a subject
6. Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
7. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
9. Something in a text that represents some other abstract idea
10. A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
12. A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
14. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)