Poetry Analysis (these are notes and examples of literary devices)

Alliteration: the repition of initial identical consonant sounds in successive or closely associated words or syllables. Example: storm and stress; long, lean and lanky Assonance: the repitition of similar vowel sounds in conjunction with dissimilar consonant in the line Example: eerie, creaky, squeals and screeches; peel forth beyond our feeble reaches Allusion: a reference to another work or famous figure what is assumed to be well-known enough to be recognized by the reader. Consonance: the …

…than once, of any element of language-a sound a word, a phrase, a clause, a sentence used to create a musical effect and for emphasis Example: In his famous civil rights speech, M. Luther King Jr. repeats the words "I have a dream" eight times. Rhyme Scheme: a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem the rhyme scheme of a poem is indicated by using different letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme.