Couplet ©

DEFINITION
When two lines next to each other that rhyme.


EXAMPLE

let me be ur umbrella, I'll shelter u from the rain.
Let me be ur teddy bear, I'll hug u when you are in pain.
Let me be ur hanky, I'll dry ur tears away.
Let me be ur friend and I'll never go away



SIGNIFICANCE
Couplet makes rhyming easy to be recognized in a poem because it's very obvious by the sound it makes when readers recite the poem. It sounds better and more interesting.

Meter ©

DEFINITION
Pattern in a poem


EXAMPLE
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st.


ABAB Poem


SIGNIFICANCE
Meter makes the sound of a poem becomes well organized and it creates some kind of music for the poem. Meter can also helps to catch attention and helps to reduce boredom.

Alliteration ©

DEFINITION
When two or more consecutive words have the same first letters that also sound the same.


EXAMPLE
She sells seashell by the sea shore. 


SIGNIFICANCE
Alliteration can create a tongue twist effect to readers that are reciting poems. It can also helps poem to become exciting. And usually a poem with lots of alliteration makes readers to re-read the poem over and over and over again. It can becomes very memorable if a poem reader kept reading the poem all over again and again. 

Rhyme ©

DEFINITION
When each and every sentence in a stanza sound the same at least with one other sentence at the last word. 


EXAMPLE

I look at the moon and a single star
Its making me crazy wondering where you are.
I reach out and touch that heavenly face,
open my hand and there's empty space



SIGNIFICANCE
Rhyme makes the poem sounds artistic, colorful, and interesting. 

Speaker ©

DEFINITION 
The narrator of a poem

EXAMPLE

Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings,
leader beloved, and long he ruled
in fame with all folk, since his father had gone
away from the world, till awoke an heir,
haughty Healfdene, who held through life,
sage and sturdy, the Scyldings glad.
Then, one after one, there woke to him,
to the chieftain of clansmen, children four:
Heorogar, then Hrothgar, then Halga brave;
and I heard that -- was -- 's queen,
the Heathoscylfing's helpmate dear.

SIGNIFICANCE

A poem can feel different in different person perspective. For instance, if the poem is in first person perspective, then the story/poem will all be about that person and his/her feelings. The descriptive details might focus only into one person. And sometimes, we can feel sympathize for the narrator. If it's third person perspective, then the narrator will tell us about the story and its details from a point of view of a person that haven't been in the story's situation. First person perspective is more expressing and flashback, when the third person perspective is just simply telling the story. Third person perspective allows us to interpret the poem in different way with first person.

Tone ©

DEFINITION
The up and down pitch of your voice that adds mood into your poem. 


EXAMPLE
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; (light, informing tone) 
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away ("only" tone - reservation) 
And wait to watch the water clear, I may: (supplementary, possibility voice) 
I sha'n't be gone long. -- You come too. (free tone, assuring) (after thought, inviting) "Rather well for me" -- 

I'm going out to fetch the little calf (Similar, free, persuasive, assuring) 
That's standing by the mother. It's so young, (inviting tones)
It totters when she licks it with her tongue. 
I sha'n't be gone long. -- You come too. 

by Robert Frost


SIGNIFICANCE
If the author is trying to express some feeling and some mood to the poem, tone is one needed element while reciting the poem. You can feel what the author is trying to express through the tone of the poem. Reading with tone makes the reader sounds more natural and dramatic.

Rhythm ©

DEFINITION

The up and down voice while reciting a poem.

EXAMPLE

I can't tell you what it really is

I can only tell you what it feels like

And right now it's a steel knife in my windpipe

I can't breathe but I still fight while I can fight

As long as the wrong feels right it's like I'm in flight

High off of love, drunk from my hate,

It's like I'm huffing paint and I love it the more I suffer, I suffocate

And right before I'm about to drown, she resuscitates me

             ~Love The Way You Lie - Eminem 

SIGNIFICANT

Rhythm while reading poem can create music and beats. Without Rhythm, a poem would be as tedious and unnatural. Poems need rhythm in order to sound like one, or else it'd sound like a long piece of written work. 

Onomatopoeia ©

DEFINITION

A word that sounds like what something actually is. 

EXAMPLE

Buzz

Splat

Ring

SIGNIFICANT

Onomatopoeia helps a poem become more exciting. Since poems are supposed to be recited out loud with tone and rhythm, onomatopoeia can brings an exciting and sometimes surprisingly atmosphere and feeling to the poem. A poem can sounds very natural with onomatopoeia words in it.

Personification ©

DEFINITION

When an object is being described as a human being; An object that's being describe with human traits. 

EXAMPLE

The gentle wind kisses my cheeks as I walked.

SIGNIFICANT

Personification can help a poem become more colorful, interesting, and artistic. It's more visual. We can see things happening in a poem in a more interesting way through personification. It helps us to connect/relate with some scenes in a poem. It can make a scene become more dramatic also. Poets can express their ideas of creativity, sometimes even humor, through personfication.

Interpretation ©

DEFINITION

The way an individual understand something. 

EXAMPLE

After watching Black Swan, two best friends tell each other about their interpretation of the movie.

Girl A: Perfection is not only about control but also about letting go and feel the art from within.

Girl B: No?! This movie tells us never to take ballet lessons.

SIGNIFICANT

A poem can carry many messages and it's depend on the reader for what they can learn from. A poem can be interpreted differently from different perspective. An interpretation from an individual can be affected by many causes such as cultural beliefs, peer pressure, etc. From a poem, many interpretation can be pulled out which make it more colorful and meaningful.

Simile ©

DEFINITION

A way of comparing objects using comparing terms such as like, as, ...

EXAMPLE

Girls are like phones. We love to be held, talked too but if you press the wrong button you'll be disconnected

SIGNIFICANT

Comparison are easy to be recognized by comparing terms. 

Extended Metaphor ©

DEFINITION

When many lines of metaphor appear in a poem

EXAMPLE
My son is a bat.
His eyes blink when darkness comes.
His body stirs with life.
His limbs gorge with blood
as he sets out through the cave of night
his roof the stars
the moon a big white eye watching.
Attracted by the false lights
he mingles with his batty friends
weaving in and out of nightclubs
endless parties
each other’s places
till sensing the sudden ebb
of darkness
he flutters home
a cloaked Dracula
to the hollow of his room
where he will sleep all day

SIGNIFICANT

Extended metaphor can helps a poem become more attractive and more connecting. It helps the poem to performs more art and it can help with imagery. You can see more things happening in a poem.