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Special Poetry Terms
Poetry terms
Poetry term | Term definition |
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alliteration | The repetition of beginning consontant sounds. |
assonance | the reppition of vowel sounds. |
The thesis of the poem. Whatever the poem is trying to say about life or human nature or the subject of the poem. | |
tone | The speaker's attitude toward the subject. |
metaphor | When a thing is compared to another thing WITHOUT using the word "like or "as" i.e. -- I am the moonlight in your eyes. In this case "I" is being compared to "moonlight" |
simile | When a thing is compared to another thing using the word "like" or "as" |
image | Concrete sensory details. This is NOT limited to the eyes. These sensory details also include touch, smell, taste, and sound. |
symbol | an object in a poem that stands for itself AND for something more profound than itself. |
personification | to describe an inanimate object as if it were a human being. ("The chapstick was speaking to me as if it were very unhappy.") |
diction | Both the choice and the order of words. Ask: "Are the words simple or complex?" and "Are the words put together in an ordinary or unusual fashion?" |