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    ENG 2D0: Poetry Unit

    Poetic Devices: the deliberate use of words, phrases, and sounds to convey meaning within a
    pome or song.

    Alliteration: the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely
    connected words.: "the alliteration of “sweet birds sang”"

    Assonance: in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming
    stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence,
    reticence ).

    Consonance: Similar to alliteration EXCEPT . . . The repeated consonant sounds can be


    anywhere in the words. (e.g.,“silken, sad, uncertain, rustling)

    Extended metaphor: A metaphor (see below) that goes several lines or possibly, the entire
    length of a work.

    Imagery: Language that appeals to the senses. Most images are visual, but they can also appeal
    to the senses of sound, touch, taste, or smell. For e.g., “then with cracked hands that ached from
    labor in the weekday weather . . .” from “Those Winter Sundays”.

    Juxtaposition: two things placed close together with contrasting effect. For e.g., “It was the best
    of times, it was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens

    Litotes: Understatement - basically the opposite of hyperbole. Often it is ironic. For e.g., Calling
    a slow moving person “Speedy”.

    Metaphor: A direct comparison of two unlike things. For e.g., “All the world’s a stage, and we
    are merely players.” - William Shakespeare

    Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. For e.g.
    “bam”, “pow”)

    Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.


    For e.g., “O brawling love, O loving hate” Romeo & Juliet

    Personification: giving human characteristics to a non-human entity. For e.g., “The trees
    danced happily in the breeze”.
    Pun: a joke, or play on a word - explains the different possible meanings of a word. For e.g., A
    pessimist's blood type is always B-negative.

    Simile: A comparison of two things using “like, as than,” or “resembles.” For e.g., “She is as
    beautiful as a sunrise.”

    Symbolism: When a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself also represents, or
    stands for, something else. For e.g., a character fights with their loved ones as a storm rages
    outside, symbolic of the conflict the character is facing (this is also an example of ‘pathetic
    fallacy’)

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