The document discusses various poetic devices used in literature including figurative language, similes, metaphors, personification, stanzas, repetition, rhyme schemes, alliteration, assonance, and imagery. Figurative language uses figures of speech to convey meaning in an indirect way. Similes and metaphors create comparisons between two unlike things, with similes using connecting words like "like" and metaphors not using connectors. Personification gives human traits to non-living objects. A stanza is a group of lines that combine to form poetic paragraphs. Repetition of sounds, words, or lines can create images for the reader. Rhyme scheme refers to the pattern of rhymes. Alliteration repeats initial