Poetry+Glossary

Poetry Glossary toc

Below is a collection of terms used in poetry.

many menacing mice are making merry music in the moonlight alliteration poems || He was as big as a horse! It's raining cats and dogs! My bag weighs a ton! more examples || My pillow is a cloud. more examples || The little mountain Clear as mud Climb down Little giant more examples || Swoosh Click Sizzle more examples || The tree gave me a comforting hug. personification poems || rhyming poems || I am as hungry as an elephant. more examples ||
 * = Terms = || Definition || Examples ||
 * ==Alliteration== || many words in a row beginning with the same sound || Peter Piper picked a peck of pickeled peppers
 * ==Hyperbole== || An exaggeration || I am so hungry I could eat a cow!
 * ==Metaphor== || A comparison between two unlike things not using "like" or "as." || The world is your oyster.
 * ==Oxymoron== || A phrase that is contradictory in nature. || A quiet roar
 * ==Onomatopoeia== || A word that sounds like what it means || Woof
 * ==Personification== || Giving a non-living thing human characteristics. || My computer was so made at me!
 * ==Rhyme== || a reoccurance of a similar sound, typically at the end of a line || car, far, tar
 * ==Simlie== || A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as." || The lake is like a whirlpool.