Unseen poetry terminology: assonance, metaphor, enjambment

Unseen Poetry

• Poetry Terminology:
• Assonance- Vowel sounds are similar - 'The jeweller who sold it to ya'
• Alliteration- Beginning of words have the same sounds - 'Several seconds of silence' Where the sounds are 's' this is called sibilance.
• Onomatopoeia- Words which mimic the sounds they represent, e.g. Clatter, buzz, slap.
• Metaphor- Describe something as something else - 'The road was a silver ribbon, winding into the distance.
• Extended Metaphor- When the idea is carried through a longer piece of writing.
• Simile- Where you compare something by using the words as or like to describe it.
• Denote- Signifies something direct meaning. A certain thing.
• Connote- Words and idea's associated with the with the actual thing. -Water} swimming - drinking
• Enjambment- When the sentence runs on past the end of the line - 'I love you // Like an onion.
• Caesura - When a sentence finishes in the middle of the line. -My heart is Bleeding// For you. My love.

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