Elements of Poetry

Structure

Sound devices

Alliteration

Ex: So the cracks stay hidden

Till a little seal run against them

Assonance

Ex: A kind of pride.

Whoever is going to shatter them

Onomatopoeia

Ex: And so the moss flourishes, the seaweed whips around

I tell you, even rocks crack

Personification

Ex: And suddenly the rock has an open wound

For years they lie on their back

Metaphor

Ex: I told you, when orcs break, it happens by surprise. And people, too.

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