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Poetry can contain any number of features, including adjectives and nouns, which are broken down into lines and stanzas
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A set number of lines grouped in a particular pattern in a poem is known as a stanza. A two line stanza is known as a couplet whilst a tercet, a quatrain and a quintain are stanzas with three, four and five lines respectively. Stanzas may be equated with paragraphs in prose
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When two or more similar sounding words appear at the start of a line in a poem it is known as alliteration, for example:
"She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore" or "Betty Botter bought some butter" |
Expressing ideas and objects through human feelings and human actions is known as personification, for example:
"The sky weeps" or "The wind howled". Personification is a literary tool often employed by poets in their poetry |
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The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words in a poem is referred to as rhyme. Rhyme is a defining part of poetry and rhyming words usually appear at the end of lines. For instance, in the poem:
"James is no Tom Dick and Harry Because Anamika he is going to Marry. We say what a fortunate boy James They say Anamika is the luckiest of all dames" The words 'Harry' and 'Marry' rhyme in the first and second lines and 'James' and 'dames' rhyme in the third and fourth lines |
A simile is a simple way to compare two things and includes words such as "like," "as," or "than."
A metaphor equates the subject to something else, as in "Words are the weapons with which we wound." An idiom is a phrase where the literal meaning is different from the figurative meaning. An onomatopoeic word is a word that resembles the source of the sound that it describes. Similes, metaphors, idioms and onomatopoeic words are used often by poets to make their poetry more dramatic |
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A metaphor equates the subject to something else as in "she was a bundle of joy" in the poem.
An idiom is a phrase where the literal meaning is different from the figurative meaning. A simile is a simple way to compare two things and includes words such as "like," "as," or "than." An onomatopoeic word is a word that resembles the source of the sound that it describes. Metaphors,similes, idioms and onomatopoeic words are used often by poets to make their poetry more dramatic |
Hyperbole is used effectively in poems to heavily contrast with unrealistic claims so as to jolt the reader.
Both metaphors and similes are comparisons which are realistic. An idiom is a phrase where the literal meaning is different from the figurative meaning. Hyperboles, metaphors, similes and idioms are often used by poets to make their poetry more dramatic |
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A narrative poem is a poem that is used to tell a story. In olden days poems would be oral and their rhythmic and rhyming nature would make it easier for people to remember the content of the story or the poem. Great epics include Iliad by Homer, Ramayana by Valmiki and Mahabharata by Vyasa
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An onomatopoeic word is a word that resembles the source of the sound that it describes, like 'drip-drip'.
When two or more similar sounding words appear at the start of a line in a poem it is known as alliteration. Expressing ideas and objects through human feelings and human actions is known as personification. The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words in a poem is referred to as rhyme. The words in all the options are often employed by poets while writing their poems |