POETRY
Sound devices
Repetition and Refrain
phrases or lines may be repeated in the course of a poem to create a musical effect
Onomatopoeia
the formation and use of words whose sound illustrates their meaning
Alliteration
the repetition of the same initial consonant sound
Assonance
the repetition of the same vowel is in stressed syllables
Caesura
it is a pause
Enjambement
is a line ends in the middle of a phrase and the meaning break comes in the next line
Rhyme
is the use of words with the same ending sound
Rhythm
The Metre
Stressed and unstressed syllables can combine into different patterns
TROCHEE
JAMB
Poems without a metre are said to be written in free verse
It is measured in FEET
An important element of rhythm
Is stess
Types of poem
The medieval narrative poem
is a story in verse and contains narrative elements
The medieval ballad
is a poem composed by a dour line stanzas , rhyming ABAC, with a refrain
the balled it tells a dramatic story.
The epic poem
the two major epic poems are the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY
is a long narrative poetical composition
Language devices
Figures of speech
Litotes
is the contrary to hyperbole
Hyperbole
means exaggeration of a quality or a concept
Oxymoron
is the combination of two contradictory things
Allegory
combines a number of different symbols into a totality story
Symbol
Personification
a form of imagery
Metaphor
a means of comparison between two things, without connective words
Simile
a comparison between two things with specific word of comparison
Can have meaning
Tone
Connotation
Denotation
Is a composition is verse. Lines can be arranged into different, kinds of stanzas.
The octave
The sestet
The quatrain
The tercet
The couplet
