Figurative Language and Examples

carries a comparison throughout several lines or an entire poem

you were a thief, you stole my heart, and I your willing victim--Pink

an extreme exaggeration

an unrhymed 3 line poem usually about nature 5-7-5

a 7 lined poem shaped in a diamond

words that imitate a sound and suggest the meaning

Time is money.

Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars

a funny poem about someone with an AABB rhyming scheme

comparing two things using like or as

This girl is on fiiiirrrrreeeee (Alicia Keys)

the emotions that are portrayed in a poem

I have died everyday waiting for you, darling don't be afraid, I have loved you for a 1000 yrs

a group of lines in a poem

an 11 lined poem about yourself

a poem of praise

You were Romeo you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said stay away from Juliet (Taylor Swift)

5 line poem about nature, emotions, or seasons 5-7-5-7-7

giving human-like characteristics to an inanimate object

rhythm of a poem

the topic the poem makes you think about, such as friendship, family, etc.

words used by an author to paint a picture in a reader's mind

poetry without regular meter or rhyme scheme

Who let the dogs out? Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof! (the Baha Men)

where a line of poetry ends

Once upon that midnight dreary while I stood there pondering weak and weary EAP

My heart's a stereo, it beats for you so listen close, hear my thoughts in every note

Tick Tock on the clock, but the party don't stop. (Ke$ha)

sentences in a poem

written vertically using the letters of a word as the beginning of each line

words that rhyme within a line

i'd catch a grenade for ya, throw my hand on a blade for ya, i'd jump in front of atrain for ya

the feelings you get about how the author feels about what they are saying

a planned pattern of rhyming words

Sam is a couch potato.

comparing two things without using like or as

Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before EAP

Cause I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lighting bugs (Owl City)

when the lines of a poem have meter and rhyme scheme

the repetition of consonant or vowel sounds