Poetry Analysis

2. A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way.
5. The arrangement of the poem or entire work, including the number and design of stanzas and/or lines.
7. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
8. A comparison without using like or as.
9. Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.
12. Reference to the Bible in a work of literature.
14. Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
15. The breaking down of a poem in order to study it more carefully.
19. When one work of literature refers to another work of literature.
20. All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.

1. Language that contains figures of speech, such as similes and metaphors, in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal.
3. A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
4. The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
6. Reference to mythology in a work of literature.
10. A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
11. Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.
13. A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
16. Repetition of sounds at the end of words.
17. Repetition of the initial consonant.
18. How the reader feels about the text while reading.