Poetic Devices(Definitions withExamples)
Allegory: a story in which the characters,settings, and eventsstand for abstract or moralconcepts.Example: The morality play Everyman deals with the death of a characterthatrepresents himself and every human being.Example: Pilgrims Progress: Garth tellingBellicent the tale of a youth who wanted toclimb a tree to get a golden egg laid by a royal eagle (a story told in symbols).Alliteration:the repetition of initial consonantsounds.Example: When to the sessions ofsweetsilent thought / I summon up remembrance ofthings past (Shakespeare, Sonnet 30).
