To explorethesoundsof words...
Poetry keywords Thedeliberaterepetitionofconsonants
Alliteration
at thestart orwithinaseries of
To explore key words...
adjacentwords
A describing word like thesoundthey
adjective
eTopoeia Werds thatsounc
verb A doing word describeeg.bang
Repeatedvowelsoundsfor effect (eg.
participle A verb used adjectially e.g. the Assonance
choking man "doomedyouth")
A word which describes how an action
Therepetition of the soundss,sh, ch,
adverb Sibilance
was carried out e.g. he ran slowly
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Thefollowingsounds:t, k, t. p.g. b, d
Noun A thing Plosivesounds
To explore word placement... The following sounds: th, 1
Fricative
SOunds
Repetition When the same word/phrase is used
more than once The following sounds: m, n
Nasal sounds
Anaphora When the same word/s is used
repeatedly at the start of aseries of
clauses/sentences To explore metre and structure...
Caesura A strong pause within a line, indicated
Ruleof three A group of three items
by a full stop or comma or semicolon.
Polysyndeton Repetition of 'and ONLY IN POETRY.
Polyptoton The same word repeated in different Metre The rhythm of the poem
forns e.g. Fear of fears
Stanza Theequivalent of a 'paragraph in a
Juxtaposition Theplacingtogetherof two poem
ideas/thingsfor effect
Rhyme Correspondenceof sound between two
antithesis The deliberate placing together of two or more words
oppositeideas/things eg. re and
water enjambment When a sentence continues across two
or more lines or stanzas
To explore imagery
Holophrastic A one-word sentence
Simile A comparison using like/as e.g. "as sentence
under a green sea
ellipsis
Metaphor When something is used to represent
or symbolise something else chiasmus A cross' structure (I am beautiful:
beautiful I am)-repeatingaphrase in
Personi cation When something inanimate is given
reverse
human qualities
End-stopped A line of poetry whichends with a full
Zoomorphism Whensomething is described as if it
line stop
were an animal
hypophora Aquestion that the writer both asks
andanswers(Do I likecabbage?No: I
donotl)
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