ENGLISH - POETRY Flashcards
Simile
Linking a characteristic to a quality of something completely different. eg strong as an ox hard as nails flat as a pancake hot as hell
Assonance
A repeated sound between consonants
“Hear the mellow wedding bells” by Edgar Allen Poe
“Try to light the fire”
“I lie down by the side fo my bride”/”Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese”/”Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground” by Pink Floyd
“It’s hot and it’s monotonous.” by Sondheim
Rhyme
words that sound similar after the first letters
eg
mat, cat, hat
Alliteration
words starting with the same letter
eg
Andy addressed angry antelopes
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
eg
the world is a stage
Her tears flowed like a river down her cheeks.
There was an army of people there
Jamal was a pig at dinner
My teacher is a dragon
Onamatopoeia
An onomatopoeia is a word that actually looks like the sound it makes, and we can almost hear those sounds as we read.
eg
: slam, splash, bam, babble, warble, gurgle, mumble, and belch
Repitition
The repeated use a a word in a line or poem
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human
eg
hitler was the personification of intolerance
mother terresea was the personification of compassion
Consonance
Consonance is a pleasing sounding caused by the repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems.
Typically this repetition occurs at the end of the words, but may also be found within a word or at the beginning.
Blank and think
Spelled and scald Sent and went Dawn goes down Laughed and deft Cheer and beer Strong and swing Far and jar Hard and ward
