Unseen Poetry - Poetic Devices

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Poetic Devices

  • Rhyme - ABAB rhyme scheme, rhyming couplets, etc
  • Literary consonance - The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity
  • Allusion - Implying something indirectly
  • Enjambment - The continuación of a sentence beyond a line break
  • Allegory - Poem with only a secondary meaning
  • Meter - The rhythm of a poem (e.g. pentameter)
  • Anaphora - Repetition of the same phrase at the start of each line
  • Blank verse - No structure (e.g. rhyming)
  • Sonnet - Poem expressing love
  • Caesura - A pause in the middle of a line
  • Volta - A dramatic change in idea in the middle of the poem
  • Sestet - A six line stanza
  • Refrain - Repetition of a phrase (like a chorus).
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