Poetry
What is a poem? Arrangement of words containing meaning & musicality. Most poems are a series of lines separated into groups called stanzas. A poem can be rhyming or non-rhyming. A poem can have regular meter or a free flow of poly-rhythms.
Alliteration the repetition of the same first sound in a group of words Cipher Connected - By Paul McCann Careless cars cutting corners create confusion . Crossing centrelines. Countless collisions cost coffins. Collect conscious change. Copy? Continue cautiously. Comply? Cool . http://home.vicnet.net.au/~poems/ps/html/alliteration_examples.html
Hyperbole an extreme exaggeration Ex: “He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.”
Metaphor a comparison between two things, saying something is something else Ex: “My love is a red rose.”
Simile a comparison using like or as Ex: My love is like a red, red rose.”
Onomatopoeia sound effect words Ex: “clip, clop…” (for the sound of a horses’ hooves) Blaaagugugh (Puking)
Personification when non-human things (animals, objects or ideas) are described as if they were human Ex: “The leaves danced in the courtyard.”
Stanza the groups of lines in poetry, the paragraphs in poetry Hate You Because by Kristina Allison I hate you because you hate me, just because I'm not you you think I am a burden, but it’s not true I'm stuck in this world on my own with no emotions shown no one to love me and people that pretend My heart is in no condition to even mend I'm tired of all the lies you have no consideration for me and my tries