Review of Poetry Terms

words that sound like their meaning

giving living characteristics to non living things

a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses

the repetition of a consonant sound

a reference to another piece of literature or history that is not explained

the rules of punctuation and grammar

the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind

poetry in which the shape or physical placement of the words is as important as the meaning.

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of  or closely connected words.

the choice of words

when there is rhyme within a line

the person telling the story 

a thing or images that stands in for something else with more meaning

poem paragraph

a pair of lines of metre in poetry