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POETIC DEVICES

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POETIC DEVICES

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Poetic devices can be found everywhere, not just in poetry...

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What is a poetic device? 
= a tool a poet/writer uses in a text
= stijlfiguur

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Why would you use a poetic device?
What is the purpose?

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Why do you use a poetic device? 
- to create rhythm
- to enhance a poem's meaning
- to intensify a mood/feeling
- to make it look better

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Poetic devices you're learning:
- alliteration
- rhyme
- repetition
- simile
- metaphor
- assonance
- hyperbole

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What is an alliteration?

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Alliteration
when two or more words (that are relatively close to each other) start with the same letter(s)

"And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea"

"O! wonderful for weight and whiteness!"




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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme
= two or more words of which the last part sounds the same

He is not here; but far away
The noise of life begins again,
And ghastly thro’ the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.
(ABBA-rhyme)





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What is repetition?

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Repetition
= a word or phrase that is repeated several times

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
                         But O heart! heart! heart!
...









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What is a simile?

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Simile
= a comparison (with comparative word 'like'/'as')

"Jerry's mind wandered during class
Like a balloon floating up in the air.
While he daydreamed about eating lunch
His stomach growled loud like a bear.
His classmates laughed like hyenas,
Which made him feel like a fool.
From now on he'd listen to his mom
And eat breakfast before coming to school."










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What is a metaphor?

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Metaphor
= a comparison (without comparative word 'like'/'as')
= implicit comparison

“Hope” is the thing with feathers 
That perches in the soul 
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all 











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What is assonance?

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Assonance
= words that have the same sounds, 
either the same vowels or consonants

"Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"











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What is a hyperbole?

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Hyperbole
= exaggeration

"I gave her the ocean, for she gave me a drop."
“Life’s endless war, an eternal siege.”
“I’ve lived a thousand lives in one lifetime.”












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What poetic device is this?

"Tyger Tyger, burning bright,"
- William Blake, Tyger (1794).

"I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king"
- That's life, Frank Sinatra (1966).
A
assonance
B
rhyme
C
hyperbole
D
alliteration

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Alliteration
Alliteration: the repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a series.

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…” 
Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven (1845)


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What poetic device is this?

"Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation"
- Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000).

Boy toy named Troy used to live in Detroit
- Anaconda, Nicki Minaj (2014).
A
assonance
B
simile
C
rhyme
D
alliteration

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Assonance
Assonance is the repetition of vowel (klinker) or diphthong sounds (tweeklank) in one or more words found close together.

Chips and dips
Surf and turf 




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What poetic device is this?

Cause baby you’re a firework
Come on show them what you’re worth
Make them go oh, oh, oh
As you shoot across the sky
- Firework, Katy Perry (2010).
A
onomatopoeia
B
simile
C
metaphor
D
repetition

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Metaphor
Metaphor describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.

life is an emotional rollercoaster
the apple on your cheek
love is a battlefield





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What poetic device is this?

Sweet like a honey bun, spit like a Tommy gun
Rollie a one of one, come get your mommy some
- Money, Cardi B (2018).
A
assonance
B
alliteration
C
metaphor
D
simile

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Simile
Simile describes something by comparing it to something else with the words like or as.

life is like a box of chocolates
Those two are as different as night and day.







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What poetic device is this?

You were my sun
You were my earth ...
The bridges were burned
Now it's your turn, to cry
Cry me a river
- Cry me a river, Justin Timberlake (2002).
A
assonance
B
hyperbole
C
metaphor
D
simile

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Hyperbole
Hyperbole exaggerates something.

“Burning brighter than the sun” — Rihanna
“I’m so high I can hear heaven” — Katy Perry








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Poetic devices can be found everywhere, not just in poetry...
What have we learned?

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I can smell your scent for miles                                   = HYPERBOLE


You just gotta ignite the night                          = PERSONIFICATION


... caught in a landslide                         =  HYPERBOLE / METAPHOR


You were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter                         = METAPHOR

I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space               = METAPHOR/                                                                                                    HYPERBOLE  

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What did you think of this class?
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Workbook
p 124-125

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