• Literary Devices in Poetry
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  • What is alliteration? Give an example of it.
    Alliteration can be defined as a series of words, occurring close together in the phrases or lines of poetry, that have the same first consonant sound.
  • What is assonance? Give an example of it.
    Assonance is the repetition of the vowel sound across words within the lines of the poem creating internal rhymes.
  • What is imagery?
    Imagery is the author's use of description and vivid language, deepening the reader's understanding of the work, by appealing to the senses.
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