Poetry

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Her smile is like sunshine.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things without using 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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What is a line in poetry?

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A line is a single row of words in a poem. It is a basic unit of poetry.

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What are rhyming words?

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Rhyming words are two or more words that have the same ending sound, such as 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate sounds, like 'buzz', 'hiss', or 'clang'.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. For example, 'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.

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What is rhythm in poetry?

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Rhythm is the pattern of sounds and beats in a poem, created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message that the poet wants to convey through the poem.