Poetry Terms and Figurative Language

includes an exaggeration which couldn't possible happen in real life

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• adage

• idiom

the reader is able to create a picture in the reader's mind

• imagery

• hyperbole

• adage/proverb

• onomatopoeia

to repeat sounds words, phrases or whole lines in a poem

• repetition

• rhyme scheme

• theme

• meter

pattern of rhymes, letter is assigned based on the end of the line, ex. ABAB

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

Language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices​ (a)  

• figurative language

• speaker

• mood

• repetition

words that end in the same sound

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• tone

the musical quality of a poem

• rhythm

• stanza

• tone

• theme

figure of speech that means something different than the words used

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

concerning the author's attitude

• tone

• mood

• poetry

• feeling

A group of lines in a poem

• Stanza

• Line

• Rhyme Scheme