Poetic techniques

Alliteration

words begining with the same consonant sound or letter

Allusion

The refrence to a piece of literature or other cultural refrence

Anaphora

Rep of word or phrase at the begining of a sentance

Apostrophe

speaker talking to someone who isnt there

Cacophony

Words or phrases with strong,sharp and harsh sounds

Connotation

Set of associations implied with literal meaning

consonance

Rep of constanant sounds

End rhyme

A rhyme in the final syllable of the verse

End-stopped

Where the end of the sentance matches the length of the line

emjambent

breaking of a sentnace between two lines

euphony

series of musically pleasant sounds

internal rhyme

a rhyme occuring within the line

figurative language

the use of stuff in such a way to evoke mental images and sense impressions

irony

a contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different from what apperas to be true

juxtaposition

two words are placed near eachother creating a comparrison effect

metaphor

comparison between two seemingly unrelated subjects

metonymy

when the writer replaces a part for a part choosing one noun to decribe a different noun.

oxymoron

a combination of two words that appear to contradict eachother

paradox

a self-contradictory statement

rhyme scheme

the pattern established bythe arrangement ofrhymes in a stanza or poem

rythm

the flow of the poem

sibilance

when consonant sounds are stressed (primarly s sounds)

Sonnet

14 lines of 5-foot iambic verse

symbol

an object that represents something else

synasthesia

a blending or intermingling of different senses in a description

synecdoche

indicating aperson by letting a certain partindicate its whole

theme

central idea

tone

poets persona or attitude, oroverallmood

zuegma

one verb is used two different things for two differnt objects