Poetic Techniques

3. Similar sounding words in poetry or song creating a musical quality.
5. Compares one thing to another, using the words ‘like’, ‘as’ or ‘than’.
7. When a word imitates the sound it is describing.
9. A sound effect created when words that begin with the same letter consonant are placed beside or close to one another.
10. The main issue or idea explored in a poem. It is what the poem is about
11. The voice used by the poet or speaker in the poem. It is how the poet displays their emotion in the poem.
12. Descriptive language that appeals to our senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch).
13. The repetition of letter sounds that have a hushing or hissing quality such as ‘s’ or ‘sh',

1. A sound effect when repeated vowel sounds to draw out each word.
2. Reusing words/phrases to emphasise the poet’s point or to draw attention to an important theme.
3. The way the poem flows or the beat of the poem using syllables.
4. Describes something as if it is something else without using the words “like”, “as” or “than”.
6. The main emotion in a poem. Influences how the poem makes us as readers feel.
8. When an object is described as if it has feelings and behaves in a human way.