Poetry Terms

3. a word that repeats in a poem with no other word in between
5. using the same word to begin several lines or phrases in a poem
6. My mom told me to "hit the books".
7. poem paying tribute to someone who has died
8. reference in one literary piece to another piece of literature
9. comparison between two objects where one thing becomes another
11. "I was so hungry I could eat a horse."
13. comparison between two objects using like or as
14. using the same sound to begin multiple words in a line of poetry
15. two words that seem contradictory that work together to make a new meaning

1. "The tree waved to me."
2. words that rhyme that sound almost identical to each other
3. long poem about gods or heroes in mythology
4. a word that sounds like a sound it makes
6. line that contains a word within the line rhyming with a word at the end of the line
10. using the same word to end multiple lines in a poem
12. a stanza that contains four lines