Poetry Terms for Analysis

an object that represents or reminds the reader of an idea

the extra meaning a word has with it because of ideas associated with the word

a word to name what the poem is about. May be different for different readers

The narrator of the poet

a comparison that does not directly state that one thing is another

word that triggers the readers' senses

word with two uses. One is word choice because of meaning. The second is the level of language

language that represents one thing in terms of another

a comparison using "like" or "as"

the dictionary definition of the word

where a word falls on a scale from slang to form

giving human characteristics to an inanimate object

when the order of words in a line do not occur in the usual pattern of subject, verb, object

a comparison not using "like" or "as"

speaker's attitude towards the subject matter