The Trees - Poetic Devices

Trees - Poetic Devices

Poetic Device	Definition	Example from the Poem
Personification	Using human attributes to other movable and immovable things	The poet talks about the fog as though it were a human being. He says that it crouches in one corner with his legs folded in.
Metaphor	Implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another	Adrienne Rich talks about trees coming out of greenhouses. But in reality, she is referring to women who need to break out of the structures imposed by society. The trees breaking out of the glass refers to women breaking the glass ceiling.
Simile	Comparisons that use the word “like” or “as.” Metaphors are direct comparisons that state one thing is another.	the smell of leaves and lichen still reaches like a voice into the rooms. The moon is broken like a mirror.
Imagery	using imaginative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.	The trees inside are moving out into the forest - Visual My head is full of whispers - Sound the smell of leaves and lichen - Olfactory The trees are stumbling forward- Visual
Alliteration	Repetition of a letter at the start of closely placed words	no sun bury its feet in shadow small twigs stiff with exertion of the forest from the house the smell of leaves and lichen writing long letters