Poetry Vocabulary

Use of creative comparisons to describe familiar things in new ways.

Repetition of sounds at the end of lines of poetry is 

Repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or line of a poem.

The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.

Comparison of two things using like or as

The speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem.

Words or phrases that call up pictures in your head.

Silly soaring swallows is an example of 

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

The beat or pattern of a poem.

Lines of a poem arranged in a group.

Voice that talks to the reader

Single word or sentence or part of a sentence in a poem.

Use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite if its literal meaning  

Extreme exaggeration

Repetition of consonants.

Rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration are called

Dry leaves talking in hoarse whispers is an example of 

Repetition of beginning sounds.