analysing poetry

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) sound devices

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(b) structural techniques

• couplet
• stanza
• end-stop lines

• free verse

• enjambment

• tercets

• sonnet

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia
• rhyme

• sibilance
• consonance

• meter

• quatrain
• cacophony
• assonance

What is important to consider when analysing a poem? (tick all that apply)

• tone and mood

• theme and message

• biographical information about the poet's personal life

• imagery and figurative language

match the structural technique with their effects

• signal shift in tone/ perspective/ time

• parallel structures

• create urgency, tension, or emphasis.

• repetition

• reinforce key ideas / emotions

• long lines

• highlight contrast / create balance

• short lines

• slow the pace, creates reflective tone.

• stanza breaks

How does the rhythm or rhyme scheme create effect?

• finality, control, closure

• a consistent rhyme scheme (abab)

• uncertainty, chaos, tension

• end-stopped lines

• harmony or predictability

• enjambment

• suspense, urgency, fluidity

• a disrupted rhyme scheme

Affect is a __________

Effect is a __________

Similes .....

• help the reader to relate to the poet

• make abstract ideas more relatable and vivid

• enhance the tone and voice of the poem

• make the reader feel emotional

metaphors

• strengthen imagery by equating one thing with another

• control the rhythm of the poem

• evoke a sense of importance

• relay important ideas to the reader

personification

• elevates the importance of the object

• creates a dramatic tone

• adds to the narrative voice

• creates emotional connection by making object seem alive

symbolism

• adds layers of meaning to enrich the poem

• makes the poem more difficult to understand

• causes the reader to evaluate society

• enhances imagery