1. Poetic Devices Vocabulary

2. 1. Alliteration Repeats consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Example:
Sara saw some friends who sold sodas.
Tom tickled his tough tummy.
Joan jetted to New Jersey.
Mary made maple marshmallows.

3. 2. Repetition Repeats words or phrases over and over. Example:
“A horse is a horse, of course, of course, And no one can talk to a horse of course That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.”

4. 3. Rhyme
repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.
Example:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King’s horses, And all the King’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again!

5. 4. Rhyme Scheme How to count rhyming lines in a poem Example:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall (A) Humpty Dumpty had a great fall (A) All the King’s horses, And all the King’s men (B) Couldn’t put Humpty together again! (B)
Rhyme Scheme is AABB

6. 5. Rhythm
Long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables; shows a beat or accent on parts of the poem
Example:
T'was the night (stress) before Christmas
and all (stress) through the house.
Not a creature (stress) was stirring
not even (stress) a mouse.

7. 6. Stanza a fixed number of lines in a poem forming a paragraph
Example:
Stanza 1 Earth, we should all pay respect, All of this can make an affect, So appreciate and keep clean, The way you want it to be seen Stanza 2 So don’t litter, It will make the world bitter, So you can save light, To make the world a sight! Stanza 3 Don’t drive a car, Other transportation can bring you far, So appreciate this day, And the Earth won’t decay!

8. 7. Line One line in a stanza Example:
Line 1 Earth, we should all pay respect, Line 2 All of this can make an affect, Line 3 So appreciate and keep clean, Line 4 The way you want it to be seen

9. 8. Mood
Feeling/atmosphere that the writer creates for the reader; can be created through setting
Example:
There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago

10. 9. Tone The writer’s attitude/viewpoint toward his or her subject
Example:
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.