Poetic Techniques

Poetic Techniques

1. Figurative language

   • Personification
   • Metaphores
   • Similes
   • Alliteration

2. Sensory Imagery

   • sound
   • Smell
   • Taste
   • Touch
   • Hear

3. Stressed syllables- strong beat

   • Unstressed syllables- soft beat
     • Flow of sounds!!!
       • Rythm

4. Stanzas

   • Lines

5. Number of times = meter

   • 3- triameter
     • 4- tetrameter
       • 5- pentameter

6. Examples

   • Simile- he was like a playfull puppy
   • personification- the wind howled
   • metaphor- the student was an angel
   • Alliteration- the snake slithered soundlessly over the scruffy grass