Poetry Techniques Flashcards
theme
main idea of the poem
tone
attitude of the poem
mood
feeling of the poem
hyperbole
where you exaggerate a word
alliteration
when a number of words in close prox. start with the same letter
imagery
when poet uses senses to write the poem
assonance
esemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising particularly from the rhyming
onomatopoeia
when a sound sounds like a word
personification
when an objects is given human like actions
Run on lines
when the poet goes without a full stop
anaphora
the repition of words or phrases at the beggining
ballad
the poem that tells a story
enjambment
when a sentense is spread across two or more lines in a verse
oxymoron
2 completely differnt describing words eg. a happy funerals
metaphor
when something is compared to something else
