poetry terms - comparing terms

simile

comparison using “like” or “as”

metaphor

comparison without using “like” or “as”

personification

giving non-alive objects, animals, or ideas human qualities.

symbol

something that is itself and yet represents something

(a “thing” that it is itself but the meaning behind it is different)

allusion

a well known reference

ex. well known person, place, event literary work, or even art.

topics. The Bible, greek and roman myths, shakespeare, historical and political