Poetic Techniques

The rhythmic _ of a poem refers to its beat or pace.

Rhythm

A _ is a pattern of words that sound the same at the end of lines in a poem.

Rhyme

The _ of a poem conveys the attitude or emotional meaning behind it.

Tone

_ is a literary technique that compares two very different things.

Contrast

When an idea or thought is carried over to the next line in a poem, it is called _.

Enjambment

A _ is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two different things.

Metaphor

Using 'like' or 'as' for comparison is known as a _.

Simile

Giving human traits to non-human objects is referred to as _.

Personification

_ involves using symbols to suggest deeper meanings.

Symbolism

An _ is an indirect reference to a well-known person or piece of work.

Allusion

The repetitive use of words or phrases to emphasize a point is called _.

Repetition

_ is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

Alliteration

The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words is called _.

Assonance

A word that imitates the sound it describes is known as _.

Onomatopoeia

Poem that was studied

“When all the others were away at mass” By Seamus Heaney

“I was all hers as we peeled potatoes”

Shows how a memory of a simple task can feel so special depending on who it was with.

“Her breath in mine, our fluent dipping knives- Never closer the rest of our lives.”

Shows how close he was to his mother and how he misses those memories.

“Like solder weeping off the soldering iron”

An example of simile