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Poetic Techniques

Flashcards to learn poetic techniques

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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.
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