Paper 1 - Poetic Devices

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Enjambment

continuation of a line from one line to the next with no punctuation

Effect: speeds up the pace of the poem

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Caesura

a stop or a pause in the middle of a line; often marked by punctuation

Effect: brings attention to a particular sentence

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End-line stop

Effect: brings attention to a particular sentence

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Lineation

Effect: brings attention to a particular sentence, motif, theme

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Euphony & Cacaphony

Euphony: pleasing and harmonious sound patterns

  • Alliteration, assonance, sibilance, consonance

Cacaphony: jarring and unpleasant sound patterns

  • clinching, gyrating, beating, swirling

Effect: contradict the original tone of the poem; juxtaposition of pleasant and unpleasant sounds to create an effect

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Connotation

Effect: adds to the tone of the poem; invokes a feeling in the reader

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Apostrophe

Effect: to direct the reader's attention to something other than the person who's speaking

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Metonymy

a literary device that substitutes the name of an object/concept with a word that is closely related to its original meaning

  • You have a nice ride. (You have a nice car.)

Effect: creating concrete and vivid images in place of generalities

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Synecdoche

a literary device in which a part of something is substituted for the whole

  • I have a new set of wheels. (I have a new car.)

Effect: allow speakers to emphasize certain parts of a whole, highlighting their importance by substituting them for the whole

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Imagery

Effect: emphasizes a detail; contributes to the tone as it creates an atmosphere

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Rhyme scheme

Effect: creates a particular atmosphere and mood

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meiosis

Effect: understates/undermines an event or feeling to minimise it

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Asyndeton

listing without the word ‘and‘

Effect: speeds up the rhythm/pace

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Polysyndeton

listing with the word ‘and‘ in between every word

Effect: slows down the rhythm/pace

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Atmosphere

overall mood of a scene, a story or a poem

  • Not to be confused with tone: atmosphere relates to the thing being described, not the attitude of the narrator towards it

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