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Poetry Terms with Examples

Match the poetry term with its correct example.

AB
alliteration"The rapids ran roughly over the rocks."
assonance"I don't know why she won't buy the trifle."
consonance"He determined to undo the radical changes."
couplet"I have looked down the saddest city lane/And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain."
enjambment"When far away an interrupted cry/Came over houses from another street."
internal rhyme"The sound of a whine echoed from time to time."
onomatopoeia"someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door . . ."
simile"Is the soul solid like iron?"
metaphor"I am drifting cloud."
personification"The light wrapped its arms around me gently."


Mrs. Wolford

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