Does anyone know any poetic devices such as assonace etc. from the poem Words! Words! by Jessie Redmon Fauset?

Answer 1

Simple Definitions


Alliteration- The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginnings of words and syllables.

Assonance- The repetition of vowel sounds, especially in a line of poetry.

Figurative Language- Language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of the words.

Free Verse- Poetry that has no pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, stanza arrangement.

Haiku- Originally a Japanese form of poetry that has three lines and seventeen syllables.

Limerick- A light usually humorous poem with a regular rhythm patter and a rhyme scheme of AABBA.

Lyric Poetry- Poems that express thoughts or emotions about a subject.

Metaphor- A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things.

Narrative Poem- Verse that tells a story.

Onomatopoeia- The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.

Personification- A figure of speech in which a human quality is given to an animal, object, or idea.

Rhyme- The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the ends of words used to close one another.

Rhyme Scheme- The pattern formed by an end rhyme in a poem.

Rhythm- The pattern created by the arrangement of stressed syllables, especially in poetry.

Refrain- A line or lines repeated regularly, usually in a poem or song.

Stanza- A group of lines forming a unit in a poem.

Verb- A word that expresses actions.

Nouns- A person, place or thing.

I wrote these for 8th grade english.

Answer 2

There is rhetorical question, diction, repetition, personification of "love," and simile. That is all I have time to find right now.