December Leaves
Irony
The fallen leaves were cornflakes
That fill the lawns wide dish
And night and noon
The winds a spoon
That stirs them with a swish
The skies a silver sifter
A sifting white and slow
That gently shakes
On crisp brown flakes
The sugar known as snow
To mean the opposite of what is said
By: Kaye Starbird
Metaphor
* The fallen leaves are cornflakes
* The wind's a spoon
* The lawns wide dish
*The skies a silver sifter
Comparing two unlike objects without using "like" or "as"
Stanza
Winter Leaves by: Kaye Starbird has two stanzas.
A group of lines in a poem or song that is seperated from the rest of the poem or song
Hyperbole
Alliteration
* A sifting white and slow
* The skies a silver sifter
* Night and noon
Personification
The repetition of consonant sounds close together
Giving human qualites to nonhuman things
exaggerated statement
Figurative Language/ Figure of Speech
* Shakes & Flakes
* Noon & Spoon
Rhyme
Idiom
Words or phrases that have a different meaning from the literal meaning.
Two or more words that end with same sounds
A phrase that cannot be understood from the literal meaning
Oxymoron
Refrain
The sugar known as snow
Simile
Literal
Lines repeated in a poem; the chorus of a song
Comparing two unlike objects using "like" or "as"
The exact meaning of a word or phrase
Putting two words together that have opposite meanings
Onomatopeia
Swish
The use of a word to represent a real sound
Imagery
using the five senses to create visual images
By Kristyn S. & Haley B.