Identify Poetry Terms and Literary Devices

A whole line repeated in the entire poem

call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Poem that praises something

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

14 lines, iambic pentameter, 10 syllables per line, unstressed/stressed pattern

Measure of stressed or unstressed syllables

The pattern of syllables in the line

The speaker's attitude toward something

The White House made a statement regarding the military operation

A speaker directs speech to imaginary person or idea

"The pen is mightier than the sword"

Figure of speech in which a part represent a whole

A seemingly contradictory statement that is actually true

Explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something familiar

When something occurs that defer from what is expected