Poetic+Devices

simile || a comparison using "as" or "like" || alliteration || the deliberate repetition of consonant sounds || assonance || deliberate repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds || apostrophe || an address to a person absent or dead or to an abstract entity || diction || poet's distinctive choices in vocabulary || echo || repetition of key word or idea for effect || hyperbole || exaggeration for dramatic effect || metaphor || a comparison not using as or like when one thing is said to be another || onomatopoeia || "sound echoing sense"; use of words resembling the sounds they mean || oxymoron || a seeming contradiction in two words put together || paradox || seeming contradiction that surprises by its pithiness || personification || attribution of human motives or behaviours to impersonal agencies || rhyming couplet || a pair of lines which end-rhyme expressing one clear thought || rhyme || repetition of same sounds || rhythm || internal 'feel' of beat and metre perceived when poetry is read aloud || tone, mood || feelings or meanings conveyed in the poem ||