Poetry Terms

Describes one thing as if it were something else.

The repetition of sounds at the end of works.

The use of words that imitate sounds.

The use of any element of language - a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, more than once.

Gives human qualities to something that is not human.

A three-line Japanese verse form.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Using like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.

Anything that represents something else.

Expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in musical verse.

Humorous, rhyming, five-line poem.

Tells a story in verse and has similar elements to a short story.

Poems that are shaped to look like their subjects.

Defined by its lack of strict structure. No regular meter, rhyme or fixed line length.