Question: what are the characteristics of traditional poetry?
Answer: alliteration. the repetition of beginning consonant sounds. ...  assonance. the repetition of vowel sounds. ...  end rhyme. the rhyming of words at the ends of two or more lines of poetry. ...  rhyme scheme. pattern of end rhymes. onomatopoeia. a sound that makes you think of its meaning. ...  stanza. ...  metaphor. ...  repetition.