But neither the life of a cenobite, nor the labours of a missionary could satisfy the aspirations of his soul after perfection. Gustave Moreau alone transposed her to paintâMoreau, too, was a cenobite of art. Like a cenobite's cell, too, my pavilion was not meant for a storehouse of worldly treasures.
The definition of onomatopoeia is a poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. An example of onomatopoeia is a poem about a stream written in a way to imitate the sound of a stream.
Here are some common poetic devices. Alliteration is when a sound is repeated at the beginning like Lisa's lilacs or kicking kangaroo. Onomatopoeia is a like a sound word such as buzz. Rhyme obviously is like cat/bat dog/log etc. A simile compares two things using like or as. Her eyes were like fire.