Poetry Analysis / Poetry Analyzing notes
A quick simple mindmap that highlights the mean features of analyzing poetry.
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- Created on: 13-05-14 17:53
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- Poetry Analysis
- Poetic Devices
- Simile - something is 'like' or 'as' something.
- Metaphor - comparing two things that aren't alike.
- Personification - giving an object human traits.
- Rhetorical question - asking a question that doesn't need to be answered
- Repetition - the repeating of a word or phrase
- Hyperbole - use of exaggeration.
- Ambiguity - words that have more than one meaning
- Oxymoron - two opposite terms placed next to eachother for effect.
- Ice-burg paragraph structure - Topic Sentence, Evidence, Explanation, Link back to the question, Alternative interpretation, keep digging
- Use short powerful quotes, also embed quotes
- Always state the effect on the reader.
- Read over your analysis to avoid silly mistakes.
- Think of what the poetic intended to do/make you feel.
- Explain how the topic is portrayed, e.g power is portrayed in a negative way.
- Poetic Devices
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