Poetic Devices

It's the mOtion of the Ocean ...

My two children were fighting like cats and dogs.

When I see a rainbow flag, I know it stands for LGBTQ pride.

I'm good at math, but calculus is my Achilles heel.

Lightening danced across the sky.

The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as" ...

The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle and end of words throughout a line of poetry.

BeTTy BoTTer boughT some buTTer. BuT she said the buTTer’s biTTer. So iT won'T make my baTTer beTTer

The repetition of vowel sounds that do NOT rhyme in a line of poetry.

The use of a concrete object to represent an abstract idea.

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses.

A word that mimics the sound it's meant to invoke.

The precise repetition of sounds WITHIN a line of poetry.

Poetry that does not follow a specific structure.

While I Wandered, Weak and Weary,

The precise repetition of vowel sounds in words at the end of two or more lines of poetry.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words throughout a line of poetry.

Her lips were soft and sugary sweet.

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet ...

Life is a highway.

The beat or rhythm of a line of poetry.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep / But I have promises to keep.

A reference that requires background knowledge to understand.

The attribution of human qualities to non-human things.