Poetic Techniques

Winter Swans
1. Alliteration- 'which we walked'
2. Assonance- 'sand' 'hands'
3. Consonance- 'righting in rough'
4. End-stopping- 'after flight.'
5. Enjambment- 'distance between us/and folded'
6. First person- 'I noticed our hands'
7. Free verse- No rhyme scheme
8. Imagery- 'icebergs of white feathers'
9. Internal rhyme- 'shingle and sand'
10. Monosyllable- 'which we walked'
11. Pathetic fallacy- 'two days of rain then a break'
12. Sibilance- 'wings settling'
13. Simile- 'as if rolling weights'
14. Volta- 'They mate for life'
Eden Rock
1. Alliteration- 'same suit'
2. Ambiguity- 'where the stream-path is!'
3. Assonance- 'three' 'feet' 'see'
4. Caesura- 'over the drifted stream. My father spins'
5. Colloquial- 'I had not thought that it would be like this'
6. Consonance- 'The drifted stream'
7. Direct address- 'as you might think'
8. End-stopping- 'like this!'
9. Enjambment- 'Leisurely,/ they beckon to me'
10. First person- 'I hear them call'
11. Free verse- No rhyme scheme
12. Imagery- 'trembling at his feet'
13. Internal rhyme- 'has spread the stiff white cloth over the grass'
14. Metaphor- 'where the stream path is'
15. Monosyllable- 'takes on the light'
16. Pathetic fallacy- 'the sky whitens as if lit by three suns'
17. Sibilance- 'slowly sets out'
18. Similes- lots through out
19. Third person- 'her straw hat'
Climbing My Grandfather
1. Caesura- 'warm ice. On his arm'
2. Colloquial- 'watching clouds'
3. Consonance- 'knowing/the slow'
4. End-stopping- 'good heart.'
5. Enjambment- 'I change/direction'
6. First person- 'I decide to do it'
7. Free verse- No rhyme scheme
8. Imagery- 'clouds and birds circle'
9. Internal rhyme- 'pushing into the weave, trying'
10. Juxtaposition- 'slowly open and close'
11. Metaphor- extended metaphor about the mountain
12. Monosyllable- 'slow'
13. Onomatopoeia- 'cracked'
14. Oxymoron- 'warm ice'
15. Simile- 'smooth and thick/like warm ice'
16. Third person- 'his heat'
Mother, Any Distance
1. Alliteration- 'single span'
2. Assonance- 'floors' 'doors'
3. Caesura- 'years between us. Anchor. Kite'
4. Direct address- ' you at the zero-end'
5. End- stopping- 'to fall or fly.'
6. Enjambment- 'unreeling/years between us'
7. First person- 'I space-walk'
8. Half rhyme- 'fall or fly'
9. Imagery- 'endless sky'
10. Juxtaposition- 'fall or fly'
11. Metaphor- Metaphor for him growing up. Extended metaphor- tape measure
12. Monosyllable- 'to fall or fly'
13. Rhyme scheme- Not regular
14. Simile- 'dance/like that'
15. Sibilance- 'single span'
Neutral Tones
1. Alliteration- 'leaves lay'
2. Ambiguity- 'They had fallen from an ash' -love has died
3. Assonance- 'God' 'sod'
4. Colloquial- 'we stood by a pond that winter day'
5. Direct address- 'your mouth'
6. End-stopping- 'on which lost more by our love'
7. Enjambment- 'the deadest thing/ alive enough'
8. First person- 'shaped to me'
9. Half-rhyme- 'leaves lay'
10. Imagery- 'the sun was white'
11. Internal rhyme- 'and wrings with wongs'
12. Juxtaposition- 'alive enough to have strength to die'
13. Metaphor- Oxymoronic metaphor
14. Monosyllable- 'we stood by a pond'-slows the pace
15. Pathetic fallacy- 'they had fallen from an ash'
16. Rhyme scheme- Regular through out
17. Simile- 'swept thereby/ like an ominous bird'
18. Sibilance- 'staring sod'
Singh Song
1. Alliteration- 'silver stool'
2. Colloquial- 'she effing at my mum'
3. Direct address- 'your lemons are limes'
4. End-stopping- 'come to baby?'
5. Enjambment- 'Indian shop/on di whole'
6. First person- 'I do di lock'
7. Free verse- No rhyme scheme
8. Imagery- 'tummy ov a teddy'
9. Internal rhyme- 'vee hav made luv'
10. Monosyllable- ' I do di lock'
11. Rhetorical question- 'How much does that come to baby?'
12. Sibilance- 'silver stool'
13. Simile- 'luv/like see rowing through putney'
14. Third person- 'she effing'
15. Phonetic spelling- 'ver yoo bin' 'di' 'dis'
Letters From Yorkshire
1. Alliteration- 'planting potatoes' -repatative
2. Ambiguity- 'his knuckles singing'
3. Caesura- 'clearing a path through snow. still it's you' -shifts the focus
4. Colloquial- 'you out there in the cold'
5. Consonance- 'planting potatoes'
6. Direct address- 'you out there in the cold'
7. End-stopping- 'across the icy miles.'
8. Enjambment- 'still it's you/who sends me word'
9. Enjambment- 'seeing the seasons/ turning' - changing of season
10. First person- 'me with my heatful'
11. Free verse- No rhyme scheme
12. Imagery- 'blank screen'
13. Juxtaposition- juxtaposing the two peoples relationship
14. Metaphor- 'pouring air and light into an envelope'
15. Monosyllable- still, it's you who sends me word' -reflecting simple life
16. Rhetorical question- 'because you dig and sow?'
17. Third person- 'his garden'
Sonnet 29
1. Ambiguity- 'O my plan-tree'
2. Assonance- 'thee' 'tree' 'see'
3. Caesura- 'who art dearer better!'
4. Consonance- 'think of thee! My thoughts do twine'
5. Direct address- 'I am too near thee.'
6. Enjambment- 'be it understood/ i will not have my thoughts'
7. First person- 'I' 'thy'
8. Imagery- 'as a strong tree'
9. Internal rhyme- 'About thee as wild vines, about a tree'
10. Metaphor- the whole poem is an extended metaphor
11. Monosyllable- 'I think of thee!
12. Onomatopoeia- 'Rustle"
13. Pathetic Fallacy- 'my thoughts do twine and bud'
14. Rhyme scheme- throughout
15. Sibilance- 'Rustle thy boughs and set thy trunk'
16. Volta- 'renew thy presence'
Before You Were Mine
1. Alliteration- 'cha cha cha'
2. Caesura- 'for the last one. You reckon its worth it'
3. Colloquial- 'with your pals'
4. Consonance- 'at the pavement'
5. Direct address- 'you laugh on'
6. End-stopping- 'before you were mine.'
7. Enjambment- 'holding/ each other'
8. First person- 'Remember my hands'
9. Free verse- No rhyme scheme
10. Imagery- 'under the tree'
11. Juxtaposition- juxtaposing me and you
12. Monosyllable- 'the three of you'
13. Onomatopoeia- 'clatters'
14. Pathetic fallacy- 'Anchor. Kite.'
15. Rhetorical question- 'whose small bites on your neck, sweetheart?'
16. Sibilance- 'stamping stars'
Follower
1. Alliteration- 'sail strung'
2. Ambiguity- 'shoulders globed'
3. Assonance- 'narrowed and angled at the ground'
4. Caesura- 'yapping always. But today'
5. Consonance- 'full sail strung'
6. End-stopping- 'not go away.'
7. Enjambment- 'single pluck/of reins'
8. Free verse- No rhyme scheme
9. Imagery- 'my father who keeps stumbling'
10. Metaphor- 'shoulders globed' Extended metaphor about a ship
11. Monosyllables- though out
12. Onomatopoeia- 'plod' 'clicking'
13. Sibilance- 'sail strung'
14. Third person- 'his broad shadow'
Walking Away
1. Ambiguity- 'Go drifting away'
2. Assonance- 'day' 'play'
3. Caesura-'at my mind still. Perhaps it is roughly'
4. Colloquial-'you walkaway from me towards the school'
5. Conosonance-'football then, like a satellite'
6. Direct address-'you walking away'
7. End-stopping- 'letting go.'
8. Enjambment- Lots of enjambment 'go drifting away/behind a scatter of boys'
9. Half-rhyme- 'give and take'
10. First Person- 'I never quite grasp to convey'
11. Imagery- 'A sunny day with leaves just turning'
12. Juxtaposition- 'you walking away from me towards'
13. Metaphor- 'Wrenched from its orbit go drifting away'
14. Monosyllable- 'and love is proved'
15. Pathetic fallacy- 'a half-fledged thing set free'
16. Rhyme scheme- A,B,A,C,A
17. Simile- 'your first game of football, then, like a satellite'

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