Uses figures of speech to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful in poems
Figurative Language
A vivid and vibrant form of description that appeals to readers' senses and imagination
Imagery
The use of words in a way that deviates from the conventional order and meaning in order to convey a complicated meaning, colorful writing, clarity, or evocative comparison.
Figurative Language
To convey the hidden meaning to the reader or listener
Symbolism
Comparing two things using like or as
Similie
A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
Rhythm
When two words sound the same when spoken
Rhyme
Attitude of the poem
Tone
When a thing or abstraction is represented as a person
Personification
A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
Stanza
Comparing two things using is
Metaphor
Comparing 2 things NOT using like or as
Metaphor
An extreme exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech
Hyperbole
Giving human characteristics to non human things
Personification
An expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty
Cliche'
A poems equivalent to a paragraph
Stanza
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