Poetry Terms

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What is a metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by stating that one thing is another. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

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What is a simile?

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

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What is alliteration?

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

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What is assonance?

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Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words. For example, 'The moose and the goose are loose.'

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What is imagery in poetry?

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Imagery is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, creating vivid mental pictures. For example, 'The golden sun set behind the purple mountains.'

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What is a quatrain?

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A quatrain is a stanza or poem consisting of four lines, often with alternating rhymes.

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What is a line in poetry?

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A line in poetry is a single row of words, which may or may not form a complete thought.

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What is a theme in poetry?

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The theme is the central idea or message conveyed in a poem, often reflecting on universal human experiences.

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What is personification?

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Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to non-human things. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is a pair of consecutive lines in a poem that usually rhyme and have the same meter.