Poetic techniques and phrases 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteraturePoetryA2/A-levelAll boards Created by: AmlethCreated on: 15-05-18 20:37 Pastoral Idealised version of country life. 1 of 14 Ode Poem of celebration. 2 of 14 Emphatic Expressing something forcibly and clearly. 3 of 14 Apostrophising. Speaking to an inanimate object or concept. 4 of 14 Euphony. A pleasant mixture of sounds, often melodious. 5 of 14 Cacophony. A blend of inharmonious sounds, often harsh. 6 of 14 Envoy. A three line stanza, using all six end words, sums up themes of poem. 7 of 14 Lexical set. A group of words with the same topic, e.g. cat, dog, rabbit. 8 of 14 Homo-strophic stanzas. Each stanza follows the same regular pattern. 9 of 14 Assonance. Repetition of a pattern of similar sounds - produces rhyme. 10 of 14 Asyndeton. Absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. 11 of 14 Volta. A tonal shift. 12 of 14 Polysemic. A word with multiple meanings. 13 of 14 Sibilance. Repetition of soft consonant sounds - lay stress on specific words to add emphasis and attention. 14 of 14
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