Poetic Language

Literary Devices

• Alliteration: The grouping of words with the same initial consonant . The repetition of the words acts as connector. ex. finally falling forward.
• Assonance: The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables, while the surrounding constant sounds are different - ex same fate falling.
• Cacophony - The use of harsh sounds in a poem or text
• couplet: Two lines of p