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An arrangement
of lines of verse
in a pattern
usually repeated
and found in a
poem.
He’d a French cocked hat on his
forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin.
A coat of the claret velvet, and
breeches of brown doeskin.
They fitted with never a wrinkle. His
boots were up to the thigh.
And he rode with a jeweled twinkle,
His pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the
jeweled sky.
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A similarity
between like
features of two
things used as a
comparison.
• …as the black cascade of
perfume came tumbling….
• Dumb as a dog he listened….
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• …his hair like moldy hay…
An analogy or
comparison of
two things using
the words “like”
or “as”.
• Her face was like a light.
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• The Moon was a ghostly
galleon tossed upon cloudy
seas.
An analogy
stated in such a
way that one
object is another
one.
• The road was a ribbon of
moonlight over the purple
moor.
• When the road was a gypsy’s
ribbon, looping the purple
moore…
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The use of sounds
that are similar to
the noise they
represent.
Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they
heard it? The horse hoofs ringing
clear;
Tlot-tlot, tlot-tlot, in the distance?
Were they deaf that they did
not hear?
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• Over the cobbles he clattered
and clashed…
• Dumb as a Dog he listened…
Repeating a
consonant sound
over and over
• Blank and bare in the
moonlight…
• She stood up, straight and still.
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Varying speed,
loudness, intensity,
and pitch in
speech –
especially in
poetry.
And the highwayman came
riding –
Riding – Riding –
The highwayman came riding, up
to the old inn door.
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A feeling or
emotional state
of a literary
work.
They had tied her up to attention,
with many a sniggering jest;
They had bound a musket beside
her, with the muzzle beneath her
breast!
“Now, keep good watch!” and they
kissed her. She heard the dead
man say –
Look for me by moonlight;
Watch for me by moonlight;
I’ll come to thee by moonlight,
though hell should bar the way.