Unseen poetry

Onomatopoeia

When a word creates a sound effect.

Hyperbole

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.

Repetition

When one or more words are repeated to show urgency or importance

Personification

When an author gives an idea, object or animal qualities or traits of a person

Alliteration

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables

Simile

A comparison between two things using AS or LIKE.

Metaphor

Comparing something by saying it IS something else.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in adjoining words, or words near to each other

Consonance

The repetition of consonant sounds in adjoining words or words near to each other

Euphemism

An alternative of saying something unpleasant or offensive to make it sound Less offensive.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech composed of a pair of neighbouring contradictory words (often within a sentence)

Rhyme

The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words

Conceit

An extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem

Enjambment

The running-over of one sentence from one line of poetry to the next

Pathetic fallacy

When the weather is used to create a mood.

Personification

A type of metaphor which describes an object as if it is human.

Juxtaposition

A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.

Caesura

A pause in a line

Syntax

The grammatical arrangement of words

Vocabulary

The words used in the poem

Symbol

Something used to stand for or represent something else

Stanza

A verse

Metre

The basic rhythmic structure in a line or verse

Structure

How the poet has organised their work on the page and their progression of thought throughout the poem

End-stopped line

When a phrase or sentence ends at the end of a line

Short line

The length of line is short, made up of only a few words

Envelope rhyme

When the rhyme pattern is ABBA

Rhyming couplets

When the rhyme pattern is AABBCC

Syllable

The number or 'beats' in a word

Pentameter

Rhythm

Trochaic rhythm

The pattern of stressed, long syllables and short, unstressed ones

What should look to analyse in unseen poetry?

-structure - stanzas etc
-meaning - obvious and hidden meaning
-imagery
-language - why did they choose a certain word over others
-effect - on reader or you