Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Poetry techniques - A-LEVEL
- Rhyme
- Rhyming Cuplets
- Two lines Rhyming next to each
other, usually at the end of a poem
- Rhyme Scheme
- e.g ABAB, AABBAABBC
- words generally used at the
end of the line which
end/sound the same/similair
- Half Rhyme
- Rhythm
- words that sound the same
- iambic pentameter
- natural speach- 5 beats a line
- Stanza
- Ceasura
- pause in middle of line
- A group of lines
of poetry
- Sounds
- plosive
- ard sounding 'p' 'b' sound
- fricatives
- 'f' soft sounds repeated
- assonance
- repeated vowl sound
- alliteration
- ame sounds repeated
- consonance
- consonet sound repeated
- onomatopoeia
- sounds like the action it describes
- sibilance
- repetition of 's' sound
- Basics
- similies
- 'like''as' something compared to something
- metaphores
- 'is' something is something else for
effects ' the snow is a blanket'
- Other
- personification
- giving something human qualities
- anthopomorphism
- giving animal human personality eg. winnie the
pooh
- oxymoron
- contodiction next to each other for effects
- paradox
- imagery
- reating a visual idea through fiurativr language
- juxtaposition
- putting something next
to each other. two
ideas/images contrast
more than controdiction
- hyperbole
- refrain
- repeating a whole sentance (chorus)
- Punctuation
- Enjambmant
- no punctuation at the end of the line
(runs into next sentance)
- repetition
- syntactic parallelism
- repeating word order eg. 'i had a dream...' or
repetition of structure
- repetition
- repeating something
- Tone
- the poetic voice