Poetry is a form of literature and writing genre.

poets write poems to express thoughts and feelings

and to connect with readers on an emotional level.

Poetry has many different forms. 

(short or long, fun or sad, structured or
unstructured, rhyming or not)
 LIMERICK HAIKU COUPLET
SHAPE CINQUAIN ACROSTIC
FREE VERSE DIAMANTE NARRATIVE
SIMILE SONNET FREE VERSE
 rhyme Personification
rhythm alliteration
repetition Imagery
onomatopoeia Consonance
simile & metaphor Stanza
Hyperbole Assonance
Examples:
Jakia jumped in the jar of jelly.
ALLITERATION
Despite their mother’s warnings,
the children chose to chew with the repetition of the initial
their mouths open.
consonant sound in
The grass grew green in words.
the graveyard.
Examples:
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter.
Toss the glass across the grass
.
Dawn goes down with the big
frown unlike the clown.
CONSONANCE
it occurs when a consonant or a
consonant pattern is repeated two
or more times. It is similar to
alliteration, but the similar sounds
are produced, not at the start, but
in the middle or at the end of the
words.
Examples:
He saw the cost and hauled off.
ASSONANCE
("aw" sound)

Will she read these cheap Assonance is the repetition of

leaflets. vowel sounds. 
(letter "e" sound) It is often used in combination with
. consonance and alliteration.
The snow in the rose garden
groaned.
(The "ow" or letter "o" sound)
Examples:
An old lump of snow melted in
IMAGERY
the corner. (Sense: sight)
Imagery is when the writer or
The chirping crickets filled the speaker uses their descriptions to
empty night air. (sense: hearing) access the senses of the reader of
listener.
I was awoken by the pleasing
The five senses:
scent of the bacon as it wafted
sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell
down the hallway.
(sense: smell)
Examples:
REPETITION
I didn’t go camping.
I didn’t go hiking. Repetition is when a certain word,
I didn’t go fishing. sentence or phase is written more
I didn’t go biking. than once in a poem.
Repetition is used in poetry to help
I didn’t go play create patterns. It allows for more
on the slides at the park. emphasis to be placed on certain
I didn’t watch shooting stars
themes, ideas or objects.
way after dark.
...
Examples:
This rat is fat.
Nina like the ball in the mall.
She made a star on her car.
Givehim a burger with an egg.
...
RHYTHM
Rhythm is when the arrangement of
words creates an audible pattern
or beat through stressed and
unstressed syllables when read out
loud. Like music beat.
 RHYME
Examples:
Rhyme occurs when two words
sound the same. These words
The coolness of night
usually have the same ending
Refreshes my skin.
sounds, however they don’t need to
The stars shine so bright
be spelt the same.
Causing me to grin.
...
Rhyme is used in poetry to create a
pattern within a poem.