Where there is no punctuation at the end of a line of poetry, so you keep reading onto the next line, and the meaning continues too. Makes it flow from one line to the next
The way words are pronounced, often denoting the poet comes from another country. When written down, accent is often spelt phonetically (see Zephaniah and Agard's poetry)
A stark contrast between two ideas, words or phrases which don't seem to fit together (iron teacups – as iron has connotations of strength, whereas teacups are meant to be delicate)
Where two things are compared WITHOUT using as or like. They are compared by saying that one IS the other. Some examples of metaphors: the world's a stage, he was a lion in battle, drowning in debt, and a sea of troubles
A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. Examples of onomatopoeic words are: buzz, hiss, zing, clippety-clop, cock-a-doodle-do, pop, splat
A figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes: the sky is crying, dead leaves danced in the wind, blind justice