Poetic Devices & Stuff

references to well-known characters, places or history, music, art or literature

1st person narrator

"And so all the night-tide, I lie down by the side of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride"

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door

rhyming that occurs at the close of a line of poetry.

unreliable narrator

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

a series of words with the same vowel sound

an object, person, situation, event or action that represent something bigger than itself

repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words

a complete narrative that stands for an abstract idea or event

rhyme that occurs within a poem’s line

Mary's foot left a print on the carpet.

the repetition of the initial use of a series of words starting with the same sound.

What type of rhyme is evident in this poem?

the "paragraphs" of poetry

3rd person narrator

used to emphasize an important idea, to connect ideas, or to create a sound effect

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

He stood on the road and cried.

Try to light the fire.