Poetic Devices & Structure

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

the repetition of the same vowel sounds among words

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

the repetition of the same consonant sounds among words (not limited to initial sounds)

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

words whose sounds imitate their meaning

• alliteration

• assonance

• consonance

• onomatopoeia

words whose final syllables have the exact same sound

• complete rhyme

• partial rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

words whose final syllables almost rhyme

• complete rhyme

• partial rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

rhymes within lines

• complete rhyme

• partial rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

rhymes at the ends of lines

• complete rhyme

• partial rhyme

• internal rhyme

• end rhyme

a group of lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph in prose

• verse

• stanza

• refrain

• repetition

when a line of poetry does not end with punctuation mark and spills to the next line

• repetition

• stanza

• line break

• enjambment