Poetic devices

20 Poetic Devices with Meanings and Examples
1. Alliteration: The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words.
Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
2. Assonance: The repetition of the same vowel sound within words.
Example: “The cat sat on a mat.”
3. Consonance: The repetition of the same consonant sound within words.
Example: “He struck a streak of luck.”
4. Meter: The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
Example: “Tyger, tyger, burning bright.”
5. Rhyme: The correspondence of sounds at the end of words.
Example: “Roses are red, violets are blue.”
6. End Rhyme: Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines of poetry.
Example: “The woods are dark, the night is long.”
7. Internal Rhyme: Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.
Example: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.”
8. Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhymes in a poem, usually indicated by letters.
Example: ABAB is a common rhyme scheme.
9. Imagery: The use of vivid language to create mental pictures.
Example: “The sun was a ball of fire in the sky.”
10. Simile: A comparison between two things using “like” or “as.”
Example: “He is as strong as a lion.”
11. Metaphor: A comparison between two things that are not alike.
Example: “Life is a journey.”
12. Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Example: “The wind howled in the night.”
13. Hyperbole: An exaggeration for effect.
Example: “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
14. Symbolism: The use of objects or images to represent ideas or concepts.
Example: The dove is a symbol of peace.
15. Allusion: A reference to a famous person, place, or event.
Example: The phrase “raining cats and dogs” is an allusion to Norse mythology.
16. Irony: A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
Example: The character dies in a hospital bed, ironically the place meant to save lives.
17. Paradox: A statement that seems contradictory but is actually true.
Example: “This sentence is false.”
18. Oxymoron: A figure of speech combining contradictory terms.
Example: “Bittersweet chocolate”
19. Onomatopoeia: A word that imitates a sound.
Example: “The bee buzzed.”
20. Enjambment: The continuation of a sentence or thought from one line of poetry to the next.
Example: “The woods are dark, the night is long, And the wind blows cold.”
































 
 

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