Poetry Flashcards
1
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Acronym
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STIRRED
Structure Tone Imagery Rhyme Rhythm Effect on reader Diction
2
Q
Cyclical
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Book ended structure
Begins and end same comment / idea
3
Q
Caesura
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Broken sentence structure
4
Q
The good teachers
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You love - declarative statement
Metra poetry - poem in poem
Inevitability of growing up
5
Q
Death of a teacher
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Goes back to past Poetry relives memory Sensory imagery Trees mataphor nature liveliness life continues life cycle relationship with teacher Desk symbol education scratched shows ideas used. Transforms to tree going back to origins life cycle No sudden realisations Tree leave like a book preservation Cyclical structure acceptance Ends with out warning like life Eulogy poem on death Died yesterday blunt realisation Caesura shows shock
6
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Foreign
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Guides through thoughts Cyclical structure Poor conditions Foreign accent feeling separated Snow contrast red colourless happy drained Mother / home sense of security Transport - trapped hopelessness Caesura shows limited freedom and knowledge Red shows negative towards migrants Dream shows no want for change
