Xavier's Poetic Devices

Rhyme:

e.g. She was a little tense. The notice made no sense

Alliteration:

e.g. The big bad bear attacked all the little bunnies in the forest.

Onomatopoeia:

e.g. The clanging pots and pans awoke the baby.

Simile:

e.g. Your explanation is as clear as mud.

Metaphor:

e.g. It is going to be clear skies from now on.Hyperbole

Hyperbole:

e.g. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

personification:

e.g. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

symbolism:

e.g. Wild Asters, spring and daisies are symbols of youth and bitter autumn is a symbol of death

imagery:

e.g. On a starry winter night in Portugal Where the ocean kissed the southern shore There a dream I never thought would come to pass Came and went like time spent through an hourglass

free verse:

e.g. The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

allusion:

e.g. I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s

Rhythm:

e.g. If ever two were one, then surely we.

If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.