People are enjoying reading nostalgic, beautiful poems. Poems look simple but they suggest deeper meanings and reveal gentle side. Poetry is the most elegant construction of words and is the mother tongue of mankind. Poetry evokes diverse feelings in the readers and is written in different devices which have a pleasing cadence. Poems are one of the best ways to express feelings and thoughts.

There are some significant poetic devices so that it may help you write better poems.

Being a Perfect Poet in 10 minutes

1. Hyperbole 

Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better, more exciting, more dangerous than it actually is. 

Hyperbole is an expression of exaggeration; ex) I was freezing cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.



The hyperbole can be used in every way. For instance, the weather is really hot, it is almost 35 Celsius. You want to tell to other people, and if you say, "It is really hot", it is not exciting and understandable. However, if you say with hyperbole, "It is boiling hot, everything is melting". It sounds funnier and more interesting and communicates information to other people more effectively. Hyperbole makes circumstances more dangerous; "I was freezing cold, my nose will fall off and my hands are paralyzed", which actually means that it is so cold, but if you say in a way of hyperbole, it sounds more dangerous.





2. Metaphor 
In order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful. 
For example, she has a heart of stone, it doesn't mean her heart is a stone. It means that she is not emotional or her reaction is not cool.


The metaphor makes readers think in diverse ways. For instance, "He is a robot", which would mean he is really good at math or he is perfect in every way or more. Therefore, the metaphor makes readers guess and imagine what the writer actually means. The metaphor has a deeper meaning as well. It is good to summarize lines, such as you want to write about life is always testing us, and everybody is watching. You are better to write, "Life is a stage", which is much shorter and has the deeper meaning.






3. Paradox

The paradox is a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange; such as, I just keep calling the name that belongs to no one, which means a person is calling his/her partner who left him/her.


The paradox is one best way to express love in poetry. The paradox makes you feel more emotionally and gives you a more clear sense of loss. For example, "I can't walk but I can get close to you". It sounds more emotional and let readers know the person is really falling in love with someone. According to a study, paradox makes people memorize quickly and longer than normal lines.



                 
                         4. 
              Assonance
              Consonance
              Alliteration




Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. For example, "The ghost goes to the low hole". Letter O is repeating continuously and it makes a rhyme.
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sound at the middle or end of words. For example, "The track cracked as black brick attacked the truck". "ck" is constantly repeating and forms a rhyme.
Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonance sound. For example, "The laughing of wild wind without the white-eye bird's weeping". The letter 'w' is constantly repeating and forms a rhyme.
These devices form rhymes and do not let readers get bored.




5. Word Choice

Word choice holds big importance than other devices. Word choice must be effective so that readers will keep reading. Word choice shows a writer's character and skills.





When it comes to writing, word choice is extremely important because some words are ineffective and some words are more effective. Word choice is also able to hook readers' attention. For instance, "a dirty, awful, disgusting, foul room". It has diverse adjective words but these are a synonym so it will not be effective. You better write, "a disgusting, unclean room", which sounds much better than the first one. However, you can use synonyms in a different way, such as, "My room was unclean and the left food looked really disgusting, I couldn't clean up my room because it was very messed up", which utilizes some synonyms but it does not sound tedious because the words are used in a different way. If the writer used only one adjective word constantly, it would be boring. Therefore word choice holds big importance for entire writing.


Being a great poet is not hard if you know the way of writing. Poet is not a simple job, it requires professional writing skills and diverse poetic devices.