Poetic Techniques

3. repeated “s” sounds eg: “sizzling sausages”
7. words beginning with the same letter eg. Mighty Munster Men
8. is when a sentence or phrase runs from one line of poetry into the next
10. an even beat in a phrase eg. hickory, dickory dock.
11. & Mood Tone is a poet’s attitude towards the subject matter of a poem. Mood is the feeling or atmosphere in the poem.
12. Comparing one thing to another without using “like” or “as” eg. her teeth are pearls
13. repeated vowel sounds eg. “look at the cookies” “the steering wheel”

1. Giving non human objects human traits eg. the flower danced, the wind howled.
2. is used by a poet when they want to emphasise a point or to draw attention to an important theme.
4. is a descriptive language that appeals to our senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch)
5. when words sound like the action ed. Snap, pop, crack, boom, sizzle, woof, crash.
6. exaggeration eg. “my bag weighs a tonne”
9. is the main message or idea explored in a poem.
10. words that sound similar eg. wheel, steel, feel
14. Comparing one thing to another using “like” or “as” eg. as cold as ice