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POETIC TERMSPOETIC TERMS
English 112Ms. Skilliter
A reference to a A reference to a historical figure, historical figure, place, or eventplace, or event.
The teams competed in a
David and Goliath struggle.
A broad comparison between two basically
different things that have some points in common.
Aspirations toward space are not new. Consider the worm that becomes a butterfly.
A direct comparison between two basically
different things. A simile is introduced by the words
“like” or “as”.
My love is like a red, red
rose.
An implied comparison between two basically different things. Is not
introduced with the words “like” or “as”.
His eyes were
daggers that cut
right through
me.
A great exaggeration to emphasize strong
feeling.
I will love you until all the seas go dry.
Human characteristics are given to non-human
animals, objects, or ideas.
My stereo walked out of
my car.
An absent person or inanimate object is
directly spoken to as though s/he or it were
present.
O Romeo, Romeo,
wherefore art thou Romeo?
A part stands for the whole or vice
versa.
The hands that created the work of
art were masterful.
Hints given to the reader of what is
to come.
And we mean well in going to this mask;
But ‘tis no wit to go.(Romeo; he has a feeling that
something bad is going to happen if he goes to the masquerade
ball…)
The use of concrete details that appeal to
the five senses.
Cold, wet leaves
floating on moss-
colored water.
A contrast between what is said and what is meant, or
when things turn out differently from what is
expected.
“I am the greatest, able to do least.”-Friar Laurence
The overall atmosphere or
prevailing emotional feeling of a work.
“It was the best of
times, it was the worst of
times.”
A seemingly self-contradictory
statement that still is true.
The more we
learn, the less
we know.
The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of
poetry.
“I’ll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray,
That thou consent to marry us to-day.”
-Romeo.
The repetition of identical sounds within a line of
poetry.
“We three shall flee across the sea to Italy.”
A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when
the vowel sounds are not quite identical.
“And on that cheek and o’er that brow”
A mind at peace with all below”
The time (both the time of day and period in history) and place in which the action of a literary work takes
place.
“Tiger! Tiger!
burning brightIn the
forests of the night”
The repeating of a sound, word, phrase,
or more in a given literary work.
“Unseemly woman in a seeming man,Or ill-beseeming beast in seeming both!”
Friar Laurence
The repetition of sounds at the beginnings of
words.
“Swiftly, swiftly
flew the ship”
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different
consonant.
“. . .But old folks, many feign as they were dead.
The repetition of consonant sounds
that are preceded by different vowel
sounds.
“With twenty hundred thousand times more
joy…”
The use of words whose sounds suggest the
sounds made by objects or activities.
BuzzWhoosh
Hum
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character,
or scene that stands for something abstract such as a
concept or an idea.
“Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the
light.”-Dylan Thomas
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
The main idea or underlying
meaning of a literary work.
RacismJudgmentLoneliness
One word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely
associated.(“crown” for “royalty”)
“Only through the sweat of
your brow can you achieve
success”
“Sweat” stands for hard work.“Sweat” stands for hard work.
A pair of rhymed verse lines that
contain a complete thought.
“For never was a story of more woeThan this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
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