Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices

Poetic DevicesYup, weve got to know em!MetaphorAn analogy between two objects or ideasOften known as a direct comparison between two objects or ideas

Example:I am a rock. I am an island. Simon & GarfunkelBe my mirror my sword and shield. Coldplay (Chris Martin)Life is a zoo in a jungle. Peter De Vries

SimileA figure of speech comparing two unlike things, using like or asAllows the two ideas to remain distinct in spite of their similarities

Example:Tasty like a raindrop. Roxette (Annie Lennox)Happy as a clam in mud. AnonymousWhy, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus. Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)AssonanceThe repetition of vowel soundsDoesnt have to be the same vowelCreates internal rhyming within phrases or sentences

Example:Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground. Pink FloydIve never seen so many Dominican women with cinnamon tans. Will Smith (Miami)The murmuring of innumerable bees. Alfred Lord TennysonConsonanceThe repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession

Example:"pitter patter - AnonymousAll mammals named Sam are clammy - AnonymousConsonance, cont.Half RhymeThe final consonants of the wordsReally common in rap and hip hop music

Example:"Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile/Whether Jew or gentile I rank top percentile. Many styles. More powerful than gamma rays my grammar pays like Carlos Santana plays - Fugees

Consonance, cont.AlliterationRepeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession

Example:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Nursery rhymeAlmost all of Stan Lees comic book charactersStan Lees CharactersMajor Characters:Bruce Banner (aka The Incredible Hulk)Curt Connors (aka The Lizard)DaredevilDoctor Doom Fantastic FourGreen Goblin J. Jonah Jameson (wife was Joan Jameson)J. Jonah Jameson, Jr. (married Marla Madison) Matt Murdock (aka Daredevil)Otto Octavius (Doc Oc)Pepper Potts Iron ManPeter Parker (aka Spiderman)Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic)Scott Summers (aka Cyclops)

Silver Surfer Sue Storm (aka The invisible Woman)Victor Von Doom (aka Doctor Doom) Warren Worthington III (aka Angel)Stan Lees CharactersSecondary Characters:From Spiderman:Betty Brant (has a brother Bennett) Cletus Kasady (aka Carnage) Frederick Foswell Great Gambonnos Man Mountain Marko Masked Marauder Molten Man Princess Python Randy Robertson Sinister Six Spencer Smythe Spider-SlayerFrom Fantastic Four:Black Bolt Frightful Four Gregory Gideon Mole Man Molecule Man

Others:Fin Fang Foom Strange TailsGrey Gargoyle Journey Into MysterySamuel Happy Sam Sawyer Sgt. Fury and his Howling CommandosJonathon Junior Juniper Sgt. Fury and the Howling CommandosMetal Master The Incredible HulkRobert Rebel Ralston Sgt. Fury and his Howling CommandosSteven Strange (aka Doctor Strange) Strange TalesFrom The Avengers:Dredmund the Druid Dum Dum Dugan Happy Hogan (Iron Mans chauffeur) Kang the Conqueror Living Laser Madame Masque Mogul the Mystic MountainConsonance, cont.AlliterationRepeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession

Example:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Nursery rhymeAlmost all of Stan Lees comic book charactersMany professional sports teamsSports TeamsNHL:Philadelphia FlyersPittsburgh PenguinsBoston BruinsSan Jose SharksPast NHL:Montreal Maroons

MLB (Baseball):New York YankeesLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimMiami Marlins (used to be Florida Marlins)Philadelphia PhilliesChicago Cubs (sorta)Pittsburgh PiratesPast MLB:Anaheim Angels (now Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)Boston Beaneaters, Boston Braves, Boston Bees (now Atlanta Braves)Chicago Colts (now Chicago Cubs)

NBA:New Jersey NetsNew York Knickerbockers (Knicks)Cleveland CavaliersWashington WizardsLos Angeles LakersSan Antonio SpursPast NBA:Rochester Royals (now Sacramento Kings)Kansas City Kings (now Sacramento Kings)New York NetsBuffalo Bisons (now Atlanta Hawks)Seattle Supersonics (now Oklahoma City Thunder)Buffalo Braves (now Los Angeles Clippers)Consonance, cont.AlliterationRepeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in close succession

Example:Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Nursery rhymeAlmost all of Stan Lees comic book charactersMany professional sports teamsOpening monologue V for VendettaVoil! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis--vis an introduction, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V. Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics

OnomatopoeiaA word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes Often known as sound wordsCommon occurrences include animal noises

Example:Snap. Crackle. Pop. Rice KrispiesBiff! Whoop! Ka-Wham! Pow! Batman (70s TV series)Marvel Comics has trademarked two words of their own invention: thwip! (Spider-Mans web shooter) and snikt! (the switchblade-sound of Wolverine's claws locking into place)PersonificationWhen a non-human thing is given human qualities

You can personify objectsYour computer hates me

You can personify conceptsTime marches on

You can personify animalsThis ones tricky!!The birds expressed their joy (????)Finis