Poetry Terms

a comparison between two things that uses the helping words "like," "as," than," or "resembles"

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

• irony

any image or thing that stands for something else

• metaphor

• allusion

• alliteration

• symbol

What does the following poem symbolize?

An elephant, a ponderous house,

A melon strolling on two tendrils.

O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!

• food

• femininity

• pregnancy

• masculinity

a brief and direct reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe or explain the person or thing to which it refers.

a comparison between two things that does NOT use any helping words

• conceit

• metaphor

• personification

• apostrophe

In addition to rhyme, which poetic device do these lines show?

For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings

That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

• irony

• satire

• inversion

• sarcasm

Aside from rhyme, which poetic device do these lines show?

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

• personification

• apostrophe

• alliteration

• assonance

the associated or implied meanings of a word

• denotation

• connotation

• synecdoche

• metonymy

Which poetic device does this line show?

Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent upon battle

the use of words that sound like what they mean: "I heard a fly buzz"

• onomatopoeia

• consonance

• assonance

• rhyme