POETRY TECHNIQUES

HERE ARE A FEW OF THE POETRY TECHNIQUES THAT YOU LEARNT IN THIS UNIT.

Alliteration

Starting three or more words with the same sound. Example: The crazy crackling crops

Assonance

A repetition of vowel sounds within syllables with changing consonants. Example:

Tilting at windmill

Try to light the fire.

He gave a nod to the officer with the pocket.

fleet feet sweep by sleeping Greeks.

Hayden plays a lot.

Cliche

An overused word or phrase. Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Homonym

A word that has the same spelling (or different spelling but same sound) as another, but has a different meaning or origan.

ate= past tense of eat
eight = the number base of octal

Hyperbole

A large exageration, usually used with humor. Example: The fish was a football field and a granny long.

Metaphor

A word or phrase used to have a completely different meaning. Example: Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" being a constant reminder of his loss and not truly a raven.

Onomatopoeia

A word imitating a sound. Example: 'buzz', 'moo' and 'beep'

Rhyme

Similarity of sound in the last syllable. Example: Spoon and Toon

Simile

An expression that compares one thing to another using 'like' or 'as'. Example: The milk tasted like pickles.

Personification:Personification can be described as a figure of speech in which an inanimate object is personified, by attributing human traits and qualities to it. In other words, whenever emotions, desires, sensations, physical gestures and speech are stated in context of non-living things, personification is said to have taken place. Through the technique, we describe lifeless things as human.

• Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there. - Proverb
• And like the flowers beside them chill and shiver, Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone - Robert Frost

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN- COME UP WITH AN EXAMPLE OF EACH OF THE ABOVE TECHNIQUES