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 Poetic Devices
Tools that Poets Use
Line Breaks Personification
Breaking a line of text into shorter Describing something not human
lines using human traits
Why? – It slows the reader down and draws Why? – It lets the reader see something in a
their attention to important words or ideas. new way.

In the spring
The dry grass
the path is shaded
Drinks up the rain
by tall lilac bushes.

Simile Alliteration
Comparing two things using “like”
Using the same beginning sound in
or “as”
words that are close together
Why? – It lets the reader see something in a
new way. Why? – It sounds interesting.

He’s as fast as a cheetah. Drops drench the sidewalk

Repetition Metaphor
Using the same word or phrase Saying that one thing “is”
more than once something else
Why? – It tells the reader that word or idea Why? – It lets the reader see something in a
is important. Can show that something will take new way.
time
I planted corn,
I planted beans, Our classroom is a zoo.
I planted carrots.
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