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What is poetic devices. Tell me about some important poetic device.
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What is poetic devices. Tell me about some important poetic device.
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A poetic device is a tool that serves different purposes in a poem. Some of them are ornamental, some enhance the meaning of the poem and others add to its rhyme and lyricism. The most common poetic devices are alliteration, repetition, metaphor, simile, personification, etc.
Alliteration
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds
Imagery
Words or phrases that appeal to any sense or any combination of senses
Metaphor
A comparison between two objects with the intent of giving clearer meaning to one of them. Often forms of the "to be" verb are used, such as "is" or "was", to make the comparison
Meter
The recurrence of a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Onomatopoeia
The use of words which imitate sound
Personification
A figure of speech which endows animals, ideas, or inanimate objects with human traits or abilities
Point-of-view
The author's point-of-view concentrates on the vantage point of the speaker, or "teller", of the story or poem (1st person: the speaker is a character in the story or poem and tells it from his/her perspective, 3rd person limited: the speaker is not part of the story, but tells about the other characters but limits information about what one character sees and feels, 3rd person omniscient: the speaker is not part of the story, but is able to "know" and describe what all characters are thinking)
Repetition
The repeating words, phrases, lines, or stanzas
Rhyme
The similarity of ending sounds existing between two words
Simile
A comparison between two objects using a specific word or comparison such as "like", "as", or "than"
Stanza
A grouping of two or more lines of a poem in terms of length, metrical form, or rhyme scheme.
Explanation:
Poetic devices are tools that a poet can use to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling. These devices help piece the poem together, much like a hammer and nails join planks of wood together.