Poetic Devices

4. giving non-living things human characteristics and qualities
7. Repetition of lines at fixed intervals to create an impact
9. a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings, like “old news,” “deafening silence,” or “organized chaos”
10. a word that sounds like the noise it describes
11. repetition of vowel sounds in the words that are closely placed
12. When ending words of the lines rhyme exactly
15. Repetition of words across the poem to stress on an idea

1. Use of language that appeals to the 5 sense sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound
2. repetition of consonant sounds that appear closely together; usually in the beginning
3. Repetition of consonance sound in the words that are closely placed
5. Repetition of lines, phrases, or words at the start of two or more consecutive lines
6. a comparison of two unlikely things without using like or as
8. poets use this to express events or words that are the opposite of what is expected
13. over exaggeration of an idea
14. a comparison of two unlikely things using "like","as" and "resembles"