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Exploring Figurative Language in Poetry

This guide delves into various types of figurative language, such as personification, alliteration, hyperbole, and more. From metaphors to idioms, discover how poets use language to create vivid imagery and convey deeper meanings in their works.

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Exploring Figurative Language in Poetry

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  1. Figurative Language. Kiandra Morrison October 11, 2011 5th period

  2. Personification • An animal given human-like qualities or an object given life-like qualities. • Ex: If the Sun Smiling Down, or a Boat Hugged The Shore.

  3. Alliteration • Constant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words. • Ex: Sally seems to sit somewhere separate from Sonia.

  4. Assonance • Repeated VOWEL sounds in a line or lines of poetry. • Ex: I made my way to the lake.

  5. Hyperbole • Exaggeration often used for emphasis. • Ex: It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

  6. Onomatopoeia • Words that imitate the sound they are naming. • Ex: With a buzz or a ding or a hiss or a roar.

  7. Metaphor • Comparison with a person or thing. (don’t use like or as) • Ex: My mind is an ocean ; my words are a river.

  8. Simile • A comparison of two things. (using like or as) • Ex: “O my love is like a red, red rose”.

  9. Imagery • Use of language that create mental images. • Ex: the imagery of the phrase such sweet sorrow. (smell, touch, taste, or sound)

  10. Idiom • A different meaning from the literal meaning of its individual words. • Ex: Its’ raining hard ; It’s raining cats and dogs.

  11. Consonance • Repetition consonant sounds close together. • Ex: I dropped the locket in the thick mud.

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