What kind of figurative language is in poetry?

Answer 1

Many times, "like" or "as" are used to denote a simile.

A metaphor is harder to identify. An example of a metaphor is: The freshman was a skyscraper towering over the third graders.

Simile version: The freshman was like a skyscraper, towering over the third graders.

Answer 2

Some common types of figurative language found in poetry include simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and symbolism. These devices are used to create vivid imagery, evoke emotions, and add depth to the poet's message.

Answer 3

you really don't need figurative language in a poem teachers just suggest we use them.

Answer 4

Simile, metaphor, verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony, hyperbole, personification, idiom, foreshadowing, symbolism, figure of speech, imagery, dialect, allusion.

Answer 5

figurative language uses figures og speach- a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the word.