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POETRY AND SOUND DEVICES - Coggle Diagram
POETRY AND SOUND DEVICES
Musical patterns
Poetry is characterised by musical patterns of sounds which are based on the natural qualities of spoken language.
the poet combines words to make his reader feel what he has felt and experience what he has experienced.
Rhythm
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the metre
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it is measured in feet, a foot is a group of two syllables
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Rhyme
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When rhyme is used within the line, it is
called internal rhyme
Figure of speech
If a line ends in the middle of a phrase and the meaning break comes in the next line, we call this a run-on line or enjambement
end-stopped is when the end of a line coincides with a grammatical pause, usually marked by a punctuation mark
caesura is a pause, usually in the middle of a line and usually shown by a punctuation mark.
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the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in consecutive words or words which are close together, is called alliteration.
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phrases or lines may be repeated in the course of a poem to create a musical effect, this device is called repetition
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