poetic devices

assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words, often used to create rhythmic and melodic effects in poetry. eg. andrew patted and ascot

consonance

The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity within a phrase or line of poetry, enhancing its musical quality. eg. cool soul

cacophony

A combination of harsh, discordant sounds often used in poetry to convey disorder or chaos. eg. my stick fingers click with a snicker

euphony

A pleasing or sweet sound created by harmonious combinations of words, often used in poetry to evoke a sense of beauty or tranquility. eg. the leaves whisper with the breeze.

meter

organization of voice patterns, in terms of both the arrangement of stresses and their frequency of repetition per line of verse.

ambiguity

word or phrase that can mean more than one thing

apostrophe

speaking directly to a real or imagined listener or inanimate object; addressing that person or thing by name

connotation

emotional overtones a word; its implications and associations apart from its literal meaning

denotation

dictionary definition of a word

euphemism

an understatement, used to lessen the effect of a statement; substituting something innocuous for something tha tmight be offensive or hurtful.

metonymy

figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it. eg. using "the White House" to represent the U.S. presidential administration.

paradox

a statement in which a seeming contradiction may reveal an unexpected truth. eg. the hurrier I go the behinder I get

synecdoche

indicating a person, object, etc. by letting only a certain part represent the whole. eg. saying “nice wheels” to compliment a car.

3rd person limited

the speaker is not part of the story, but tells about the other characters through the limited perceptions of one other person

3rd person omniscient

the speaker is not part of the story, but is able to know and describe what all characters are thinking

stanza

group of verses. a paragraph within a poem separated by blank lines.

enjambment

continuation of the logical sense and therefore the grammatical construction beyond the end of a line of poetry

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter. eg. to be or not to be

free verse

lines with no prescribed pattern or structure

couplet

pair of rhymed lines

ballad

featuring three 8-line stanzas and a 4-line envoi, all sharing the same three or four rhymes and a consistent refrain line. It typically follows an ababbcbC rhyme scheme

epigram

a short, witty, and often satirical verse that delivers a clever or surprising statement, focusing on brevity and memorable insight

epitaph

a brief statement in memory of someone who is deceased, often witty or humorous

limerick

light or humorous of five verses of which lines have an aabba rhyme scheme.

ode

several stanzaic forms more complex than the lyric with rich intense expression of an elevated thought praising a person or object. ode to a nightingale

sestina

fixed form consisting of six line stanzas in which the end words of the first stanza recur as end words of the following five stanzas

sonnet

fourteen line poem with iambic pentameter with rhyme shceme.

shakespearean sonnet

shakespeare w rhyme scheme of abbaabba cdecde

synesthesia

fuse different senses. eg. the sound of her voice was sweet