POETRY

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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