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Poetic Devices and Imagery

The use of language, symbolism, and descriptive techniques in poetry to create vivid images, convey meaning, and evoke emotions, including devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole, to analyze and interpret the poet's intended message and themes

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Poetic devices and imagery are essential elements of poetry that enhance its beauty and meaning. Poetic devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, allow poets to express complex ideas and emotions in creative ways. Imagery, on the other hand, paints vivid pictures in the reader's mind...

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Key Terms

Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Example: Time is a thief.

Simile
A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Example: Her smile was like sunshine.

Imagery
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates mental images.

Example: The golden sun set behind the mountains.

Personification
Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.

Example: The wind whispered through the trees.

Alliteration
The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

Example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate natural sounds.

Example: The bees buzzed in the garden.

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Key Concepts

metaphorsimilepersonificationimagery