Poetic techniques Flashcards
What is pathetic fallacy?
Giving emotion to the weather in order to create a mood within the text
What is irony?
Language that says one thing but implies the opposite
What is colloquial language?
Colloquial language is informal language, which usually creates a conversational tone or authentic voice
What is Sibilance?
The repetition of the “s” of “sh” sound
What is Anaphora?
Anaphora is when the first word of a stanza is the same across stanzas
What is epistrophe?
Epistrophe is when the final word of a stanza is the same across all stanzas
What is a rhyming couplet?
Two rhyming lines together
What is free verse?
A poem that doesn’t rhyme
What is a caesura?
The use of punctuation in a poem to create pauses or stops.
What is a Quatrain?
A Quatrain is a stanza with 4 lines
