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Definition: personification is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
Examples: “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.”
Cite: "Personification - Examples and Definition of Personification." Literary Devices. 30 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: Internal rhyme is a poetic device which can be defined as metrical lines in which its middle words and its end words rhymes with each other. It is also called middle rhyme, since it comes in the middle of lines.
Examples: For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
Cite: "Internal Rhyme - Definition and Examples of Internal Rhyme." Literary Devices. 29 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: Metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics.
Example:

“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

Cite: YourDictionary, By. "Examples of Metaphors in Poems." YourDictionary. 25 July 2016. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.
Example:

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate”

(William Shakespeare)
Cite: By Choosing This Simile, Wordsworth Describes His Loneliness. "Simile - Examples and Definition of Simile." Literary Devices. 20 Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: If you have ever sung a song or read a poem aloud, you must have encountered end rhymes, because these are common type of rhyming patterns used in a poetic structure.
Example: “A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.

I say it just
Begins to live
That day.”
Cite: "End Rhyme - Examples and Definition of End Rhyme." Literary Devices. 08 Dec. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: Free verse is a literary device that can be defined as poetry that is free from limitations of regular meter or      rythym and does not rhyme with fixed forms.
Example: A noiseless patient spider,
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them.
Cite: "Free Verse - Definition and Examples of Free Verse." Literary Devices. 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem.
Example:

He has devoured an infant child.

The infant child is not aware

It has been eaten by the bear. - A. E. Housman’s “Infant Innocence”

Cite: YourDictionary, By. "Examples of Meter in Poetry." YourDictionary. 30 June 2016. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: Rhythm is a literary device which demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables particularly in verse form.
Example:

Life is a phase
Full of energy like my son's crayon
It open up in pages
Flipping through in no rhythm of colors
Our dreams are often in cage
Strings and tunes are in block colors
Yesterday paces up in phases
With a lot of good memory in black

Cite: Stephen, Alayande. "LIFE IN COLORED PHASES." - Poem by Alayande Stephen. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
Example:
Other days
the tailor
sees a jacket
in his mind
and sets about
to find the fabric.
But some days
neither the idea
nor the material
presents itself;
and these are
the hard days
for the tailor elf.

—Kay Ryan
Cite: "“Bad Day” by Kay RyanPoetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools, Hosted by Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2001-2003." Bad Day, by Kay Ryan. Web. 18 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs.
Example: I insist
I clench my fist
I better do this right
Cite: "Inelegant." Family Friend Poems. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of each or most of the words in a sentence. The easiest way to use alliteration would be to repeat the starting letter of the words.
Example: Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe
Cite: "Alliteration Examples and Definition - Literary Devices." Literary Devices. 30 Oct. 2015. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: Onomatopoeia is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.
Example: Crack! Crack!
The fire crackles under the stars.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The water sizzles above the fire.
Crunch! Crunch!
The campers crunching on potato chips.
Click! Clack! Click! Clack!
The tent poles clicking and clacking together.
Rustle! Rustle!
As we prepare our sleeping bags to go to sleep.
Chirp! Chirp!
The crickets say, “good-night”.
Cite: "Onomatopoeia Poems." Onomatopoeia Poems. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: A figure of speech is a phrase or word having different meanings than its literal meanings. It conveys meaning by identifying or comparing one thing to another, which has connotation or meaning familiar to the audience. That is why it is helpful in creating vivid rhetorical effect.
Example: I love the way you speak your mind and tell me about your opinions.
I love the way you're not afraid to cry and show your feelings.
I love the way you call me in the middle of the day just to say " I LOVE YOU."
and say how much you miss me.
Cite: (23), By Love Poems. "I Love The Way." Family Friend Poems. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: All poems have a voice, which can be called a speaker (or in some case speakers, if there is more than one person “speaking” the poem).
Annabel Lee, By Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
Cite: Poe, By Edgar Allan. "Speaker/ Persona - Examples in Poetry." Speaker/ Persona - Examples in Poetry. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: Repetition, a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer. There are several types of repetitions commonly used in both prose and poetry.
Example:

“A horse is a horse, of course, of course,
And no one can talk to a horse of course
That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.”

These lines are among the repetition examples from the song of Mr. Ed, a 1960s TV program. This is an example of a diacope type of rhetorical repetition. There is repetition but it is broken up with several other words.
Cite:  "Repetition - Examples and Definition of Repetition." Literary Devices. N.p., 04 Nov. 2015. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: In poetry, a stanza is a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme. Example: with crooked hands:
Close to the sun it lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, it stands.
Cite: "Stanza - Examples and Definition of Stanza." Literary Devices. N.p., 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
Example: Stunningly dressed flower stalks
Stand shimmering in the breeze.
The cheerful sun hides playfully
Behind white, fluffy, cotton-ball clouds,
While trees whisper secrets
To their rustling leaves.
Carpets of grass greenly glow
Blending joyfully with the day.
Spring brings life to death.
Cite:"Mood in Poetry - Writing.Com." Mood in Poetry - Writing.Com. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2016.

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Definition: The word imagery is associated with mental pictures. However, this idea is but partially correct. Imagery, to be realistic, turns out to be more complex than just a picture.
Example: The sun abandons me,
to the darkness of night.
And leaves me all alone,
a neon sign for a light.
Cite: Pinet, Emile. "Desolation." - Poem by Emile Pinet. Web. 13 Oct. 2016.