Poetry Notes on the language and style used in Poems
Comprehensive poetry notes on stylistic devices with illustrations
The term "style" refers to the medium through which a message is passed to the reader. In poetry, poets employ different stylistic devices to make the poem more interesting, memorable, musical, and enjoyable to the audience or readers. Language devices in poetry include: Imagery,
irony,
symbolism
Rhetorical Questions
Personification
Paradox
Parallelism
Contrast
Hyperbole
Repetition
allusion
Juxtaposition
Sound patterns in poetry include :
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Ideophones
Rhyme Onomatopoeia
The use of imagery in poetry
The term "imagery" is derived from the word "image." Imagery refers to any device used in a work of art that enables the audience or the readers to form mental pictures of what is being described.
In poetry, there are two types of images: 1. Metaphor
A metaphor is a direct comparison of two similar objects. For example,
Marie is a peacock (meaning that Marie is proud).
My father is a lion (meaning my father is brave).
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