Poetry Terms

words that sound like their meaning

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

the choice of words

the persona telling the story 

the rules of punctuation and grammar

a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses

the repetition of a consonant sound

a pair of lines of metre in poetry

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

poem paragraph

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

when there is rhyme within a line

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

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

giving living characteristics to non living things