Unlocking Poetic Power: Techniques Unpacked

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Unlocking Poetic Power: Techniques Unpacked

What do you already know about poetic techniques?

Learning Intentions

At the end of the lesson you will be able to identify and explain poetic techniques including:

• Alliteration,

• Simile,

• Metaphor,

• Onomatopoeia,

• Repetition

• Personification,

• Assonance,

• Rhyme scheme,

• Rhythm,

• and stanza.

Sound Devices: Alliteration & Onomatopoeia

Words that imitate natural sounds. Example: "buzz," "snap," "crackle."

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Example: "She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore."

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Figurative Language: Simile & Metaphor

A direct comparison, saying something is something else. Example: "Life is a journey."

Metaphor

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. Example: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

Simile

Personification & Repetition

Repeating words or phrases for emphasis or effect. Example: "Alone, alone, all, all alone."

Giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: "The wind whispered through the trees."

Personification

Repetition

Assonance & Rhyme

The pattern of end rhymes in lines of poetry (e.g., ABAB, AABB).

Assonance

Rhyme Scheme

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. Example: “Hear the mellow wedding bells.”

Rhythm & Stanza

Rhythm is the beat or flow of a poem, created by stressed and unstressed syllables. A stanza is a grouped set of lines, like a paragraph in poetry.

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