What do you need to know about poetic devices

1. Alliteration

eg. Fame is a fickle food

2. Rhyme

eg. Nature's first green is gold

       Her hardest hue to hold.

3. Rhyme scheme (abab)

eg.   There once was a big brown cat      a

        That liked to eat a lot of mice.           b

         He got all round and fat                     a

         Because they tasted so nice.           b

4. Onomatopoeia

eg. splash, bong, clack, splat, swish.....

5. Metaphor

eg. I am a rainbow.

6. Simile

eg. He eats like a pig.