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poetry - Coggle Diagram
poetry
Simile (like/as)
Metaphor (direct comparison)
Alliteration (same starting sound)
Onomatopoeia (sound words)
Personification (human traits to objects)
Imagery (descriptive language)
Narrative (tells a story)
Lyric (expresses emotion)
Sonnet (14 lines, love themes often)
Haiku (short, nature-based)
Free Verse (no strict rules)
Read it more than once
Identify the theme
Look for poetic devices
Think about feelings it creates
Pick out key quotes
Theme → main message or idea
Tone → mood/feeling of the poem
Voice → who is speaking
Structure → lines, stanzas
Rhyme (end rhyme, internal rhyme)
Rhythm (beat of the poem)
Repetition (repeated words/phrases)