This document defines and provides examples of common poetic devices including alliteration, assonance, consonance, imagery, internal rhyme, rhyme, rhyme scheme, stanza, and symbol. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, and consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds within words. Imagery uses language to evoke sensory images. Internal rhyme occurs within lines, rhyme occurs at the end of lines, and rhyme scheme is a pattern of end rhymes. A stanza is a group of poetic lines, and a symbol represents an idea beyond its literal meaning.