Rhyme, Repetition and Figurative Language in Poetry
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3. The occurrence of the same letter or
sound at the beginning of adjacent or
closely connected words.
D keeps repeating
“Don't you dare look out your
window, darling everything's on fire.”
4. rhymed on the terminal syllables of the
verses
The words both have ight at the end
making it a rhyme
You'll be alright
come morning light
5. Half rhyme or slant rhyme, sometimes called
sprung, near rhyme, oblique rhyme, off
rhyme or imperfect rhyme, is consonance on
the final...
Eyes and light is a slant ryhme
Just close your eyes You'll be
alright Come morning light
6. The action of repeating some thing. The recurrence
of an action or event.
The sentences replay in paragraphs.
Just close your eyes The sun is going down You'll
be alright No one can hurt you now Come
morning light You and I'll be safe and
sound Just close your eyes You'll be
alright Come morning light, You and I'll be safe
and sound...
7. The repetition of final consonant sounds
I remember repeats
I remember tears streaming down your
face When I said, I'll never let you go When
all those shadows almost killed your light I
remember you said, Don't leave me here
alone But all that's dead and gone and
passed tonight
8. Visually descriptive or figurative language
Just close your eyes- telling to close your
eyes so you can’t see it.- visual
The sun is going down- it’s a visual
Hold onto this lullaby- it’s a feeling or a
touch
9. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase
is applied to an object or action to which it is
not literally applicable.
Shadows can’t kill your light.
When all those shadows almost killed
your light…
10. The use of symbols to represent ideas or
qualities.
The lullaby is the symbolism to the song.
Hold onto this lullaby