Friday, October 2, 2009

Poetry analysis

Figures of speech

Simile: His hair is dark as the hyacinth blossom.

Metaphor: Flame-coloured are his wings

Personnification: The oaktree shook its head.

Alliteration (repetition of initial conssonants) : She sat silently. / 'tis true, 'tis true

Assonance (repetition of voyel sounds) : As the shadow of the rose.

Consonance (repetition of consonants within words) : __________________________



Other forms :

Apostrophe = Talking directly to a person (dead or alive).
Hyperbole = Exaggeration.
Oxymoron = Contrasting elements. example: Sounds of Silence




Symbolism, Imagery (senses like hearing, seeing, smelling, touching, tasting) , Level of Language (from slang to informal to formal), Irony, Pun.

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