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Comparision of two unlike things using'as' or 'like'
Example: She was like a cold winter morning. |
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Poetic device where the poet talks to a absent person
Example: Hey You! Leave those kids alone |
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A word that's sounds suggests its meaning
Example: Bang, Splat, Boing
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Repetition of intital consonant sounds
Example: She Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore |
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Words/Phrases that bring a certain image to the consumers mind.
Example: Barcelona
Where the winds all blew
The churches don't have windows
But the graveyards do
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Exaggeration for effect
Example : The bag weighed a ton. |
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Repeting words for emphasis
Example: All we need is Love, Love
Love is all we need |
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Running over of a sentence from one line of poetry to the next
Example:
- Its loveliness increases; it will never
- Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
- A bower quiet for us…
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Repetition of a line or phrase at regular intervals.
Example: The Revolution will not be Televised |
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