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Poetic Techniques
Flashcards to learn poetic techniques
Question | Answer |
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Subject | The subject of the poem on a surface level. The actual event, situation or experience being described. |
Context | The setting, geographical location, time, period and historical or other social issues that have influenced the poet. |
Structure | The way a poem is organised in terms of stanzas, number of lines and interesting features. |
Purpose / Theme | Not simply the subject, but rather the underlying reason for the poem and the messaged being conveyed by the poet. |
Mood / Tone | The general feeling / mood that is created by the poet through words. |
Rhyme | The repetition of the same or similar sounds, most often at the ends of lines of verse. |
Rhythm | The measured beat, flow or tempo, signifying the basic beat or pattern of the poem. |
Emotive language | Is used to create powerful feelings in the reader. eg, rage, rage, against the dying light. |
Alliteration | Is the use of words beginning with the same letter. eg. through thick and thin or slippery, slithery snake. |
Repetition | Is used to reinforce the language, message or theme. |
Simile | When two things are compared using connective words such as like or as to link them. eg. the jets are whining like hounds. |
Metaphor | A comparison of two unlike things, saying that one is the other. eg. the soldier is a lion in battle. |
Personification | To give a non-human object human qualities or characteristics. eg. the wave bursts in ager against the rocks. |
Onomatopeia | Words that sounds like the noise they describe. eg. snap, swish, smack. |
Imagery | The use of language to create images by describing how something looks, sounds, feels, smells or tastes. |
Symbolism | Is when one thing is used to represent another to help make poems more intriguing as the word has double meaning. eg. a dark cloud could symbolise anger, a rose could symbolise love, a child could symbolise innocence. |