Poetic+devices

Hyperbole: is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis. example: I am so hungry I could eat a horse. I've told you a million times don't exaggerate.

alliteration: occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example:  “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”

rhythm and rhyme: is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words examples:  brain and gain. pledge and ledge. flower and power

metaphor: is the concept of understanding one thing in terms of another example: A lifetime is a day, death is sleep; a lifetime is a year, death is winter..

analogy: is a comparison between two different things so you can point out something about how they are similar. example: You are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard. You must be pretty annoying for someone to say that.

repetition: The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated. example: Because I do not hope to turn again. Because I do not hope. Because I do not hope to turn...

personification: is a figure of speech which makes a nonhuman character use human emotions. example: Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.