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Junior Cert Latest Update Graded A+ Poet A person who writes a poem. For example Seamus Heaney is a famous Irish poet. Poem An arrangement of words in verse. It sometimes rhymes, and expresses facts, emotions, or ideas in a style more concentrated, imaginative and powerful than that of ordinary speech. Simile A comparison of two things in a literary work using "like" or "as". Example: "The sun shined like brilliant gold." Metaphor : comparison between two things without using "like" or "as". Theme A central idea or concept. Tone Is an expression of the writer's attitude towards the subject. Words such as angry, sad, and humorous can be used to describe different tones. The tone can also be neutral with no emotion at all> Stanza A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem Alliteration Example: Peter Piper Picked Pickled Pepper The repeating of the same letter or sound, especially consonant sounds. Onomatopoeia Is the use of words that imitate sounds. Whirr, thud, sizzle, and hiss are typical examples. Repetition The reappearance of a sound, a word, a phrase, a stanza, or other structure in any literary work.