Poetic Devices Extravaganza

The carpenter singing his song The mason singing his tune

The running over of a sentence or thought into the next line of poetry without a pause.

"The bee droning down on Chucky's old, bald head.

The wind cried in the dark

Comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.

Special metaphor that gives inhuman things human characteristics.

The literal meaning of a word is denotation, but the implied meaning of a word is...

Repeated initial consonant sound in several words close together.

The savage grace of his gait

My dog hobbles with a stick of a leg.

"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?

A line of poetry that has a natural pause at the end using punctuation (periods, commas, etc.).

The use of exaggeration for effect.

Substituting a part for the whole

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines (repeated word-for-word)

Something referred to by something closely associated with it.

Life is a dream

When the speaker of the poem speaks to a dead, inhuman, or absent person as if they were there.

Repetition of vowel sounds within the words that are close together

Wind breathes low with mellower tone

The grammatical structure or certain words are repeated in the poem, but not the whole line.

Willow fall of black hair

Twisting trout twinkled below.

Repeating the line, "Mother, make my bed soon."

The warrior fought like a lion.

As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel

A king is referred to as crown

Two contradictory terms in a brief space.

Repeated consonant sounds within the words that are close together.

The following questions feature examples of poetic devices. Select the correct poetic device.

And reachin' landin's/And turning corners/And sometimes goin' on in the dark.

A reference to a person, event, or place in history or literature.