Poetic Devices 2023-2025 PDF

POETIC DEVICES 2023-2025 Alliteration: A stylistic device, in which successive words (more strictly, stressed syllables) begin with the same consonant sound or letter. Allusion: The reference to a piece of literature or other cultural reference. Anaphora: The repetition of a word or phrase at the b...

POETIC DEVICES 2023-2025 Alliteration: A stylistic device, in which successive words (more strictly, stressed syllables) begin with the same consonant sound or letter. Allusion: The reference to a piece of literature or other cultural reference. Anaphora: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence. Apostrophe: An apostrophe describes any instance when the speaker talks to a person or object that is absent from the poem. Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds within a short passage of verse. Cacophony: The use of words and phrases that imply strong, harsh sounds within the phrase. These words have jarring and dissonant sounds that create a disturbing, objectionable atmosphere. Connotation: The set of associations implied by a word in addition to its literal meaning. Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds in a short sequence of words. Contrast: Contrast is a rhetorical device through which writers identify differences between two subjects, places, persons, things, or ideas. End Rhyme: A rhyme in the final syllable(s) of a verse. End-stopped: A feature in poetry where the syntactic unit (phrase, clause, or sentence) corresponds in length to the line. Enjambment: The breaking of a syntactic unit (a phrase, clause, or sentence) by the end of a line or between two verses. Its opposite is end-stopping, where each linguistic unit corresponds with a single line. Euphony: A series of musically pleasant sounds, conveying a sense of harmony and beauty to the language. Extended Metaphor: (also a conceit) A metaphor which is drawn out beyond the usual word or phrase to extend throughout a stanza or an entire poem, usually by using multiple comparisons between the unlike objects or ideas. Figurative Language: The use of words, phrases, symbols, and ideas in such a way as to evoke mental images and sense impressions. Imagery: The use of expressive or evocative images in poetry, art, literature, or music. Internal Rhyme: Also called middle rhyme, a rhyme occurring within the line. The rhyme may be with words within the line but not at the line end, or with a word within the line and a word at the end of the line. TNíCUíC  POETIC DEVICES 2023-2025 Irony: A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true. Juxtaposition: Juxtaposition is when two (sometimes completely opposite) words are placed near one another, creating a comparison/contrast effect. Metaphor: A rhetorical trope defined as a direct comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects. This device is known for usage in poetry, where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context. Metonymy: A metonymy is when the writer replaces “a part for a part,ˮ choosing one noun to describe a different noun. For example, in the phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword,ˮ the pen is a metonymy for writing and the sword is a metonymy for fighting. Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like their meanings. Oxymoron: A combination of two words that appear to contradict each other. Paradox: A self-contradictory statement that runs contrary tom oneʼs expectation. Personification: Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea. Rhyme scheme: The pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem, generally described by using letters of the alphabet to denote the recurrence of rhyming lines. Rhythm: An essential of all poetry, the regular or progressive pattern of recurrent accents in the flow of a poem the rise and fall of stresses on words in the metrical feet. Sibilance: Sibilance is a literary device in which consonant sounds are stressed. These are primarily “sˮ and “thˮ sounds. Simile: A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like,ˮ “thanˮ or “as.ˮ Sonnet: A fixed form consisting of fourteen lines of 5-foot iambic verse at times following a strict rhyme scheme. The conventions associated with the sonnet have changed during its history. TNíCUíC  POETIC DEVICES 2023-2025 Symbol: A symbol is a graphical, written, vocal or physical object that represents another, usually more complex, physical or abstract object, or an object property. Synaesthesia: A blending or intermingling of different senses in description. “Light laughs the breeze in her castle of sunshine,ˮ writes Emily Dickinson. Synecdoche: Indicating a person, object, etc. by letting only a certain part represent the whole. Example: All hands on deck. Theme: The central idea, topic, or didactic quality of a work. Tone: The poetʼs or personaʼs attitude in style or expression toward the subject. Tone can also refer to the overall mood of the poem itself. Zeugma: A zeugma occurs when one verb is used to mean two different things for two different objects. It is often associated with classical Greek poetry and intended to surprise the reader. TNíCUíC