Poetic Techniques
Stanzas and couplets are poetic techniques. Poets have many, many tricks up their sleeves. We analyse and categorise these tricks as poetic 'techniques' or 'devices'. Looking very closely at a poem and analysing the techniques the poet has used can help you appreciate exactly how a poem has an effect on its reader. Always remember when writing about poetry that it is not enough to name the technique or device: you must also describe how the technique creates an effect.
Test your knowledge of a poet's 'tricks of the trade' with this quiz.
A stanza consisting of a pair of lines.
The technique which describes a clause or phrase which runs on between lines or verses without a pause.
The organised rhythm of beats in poetry.
A type of figurative language in which the poet writes about one thing as if it were another.
A phrase or line which recurs throughout a poem.
The collections of lines into which a poem is divided.
A long pause or break within a line, usually (but not always) created by punctuation such as a full stop, semi-colon, colon or, occasionally, an em (long) dash.
The style and tone of a poem's narrator, speaker, or persona.
The repetition of a consonant sound, especially at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable.
A form of poetry without metre, pattern, or rhyme.
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