Poetic Devices Explained

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Poetic Devices
The Sounds of Poetry
Writing Prompt
"Poetry withers and dies out when it leaves
music, or at least imagined music, too far
behind it. Poets who are not interested in
music are, or become, bad poets." (Ezra
Pound - American Poet and Critic)
Onomatopoeia
When a word’s pronunciation imitates its
sound.
Examples
Buzz
Hiss
Beep
Fizz
Clink
Vroom
Woof
Boom
Zip
Repetition
Repeating a word or words for effect.
Example
When you, my Dear, are away, away,
How wearily goes the creeping day.
Rhythm
When words are arranged in such a way
that they make a pattern or beat.
Example
There once was a girl from Chicago
Who dyed her hair pink in the bathtub
I own a solace shut within my heart,
A garden full of many a quaint delight
Hint: hum the words instead of saying them.
Rhyme
When words have the same end sound.
Happens at the beginning, end, or middle of lines.
Examples
Where
Fair
Air
Bear
Glare
Alliteration
When the first sounds in words repeat.
Example
Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper.
Slim-pinioned swallows sweep and pass
Consonance
When consonants repeat in the middle or
end of words.
Creates a near rhyme sound
Examples
Fixed in onyx
The calm lamb
A pillar of valor
Fish in a mesh net
Poetic Devices
The Images of Poetry
Ones you may already know…
• Metaphor
– Ex. “The hospital was a refrigerator.”
– Ex. “Her lovely voice was music to his ears.”
• Simile
– Ex. “Our soldiers are as brave as lions.”
– Ex. “The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue.”
• Personification
– Ex. “The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.”
– Ex. “The run down house appeared depressed.”
• Allusion
– Ex. “This place is like a Garden of Eden.”
– Ex. “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.”
Application: Find an example of each of the
following ONLY using songs by Maroon 5. 
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Onomatopoeia
Repetition
Rhythm
Rhyme
Alliteration
Consonance
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Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Allusion