LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MODERN POETRY AND POETICS
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Assonance and word repetition
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Simile
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Metaphor and allusion
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Circumlocution
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term “poetic device” refers to anything used by a poet-including sounds, shapes, rhythms, phrases, and words-to enhance the literal meaning of their poem. This could mean using rhythm and sound to pull the reader into the world of the poem, or adding figurative meaning to their literal words.
Detailed explanation-2: -Repetition. Repetition is among the most frequently used poetic devices, they create a certain rhythm to a poem. This rhythm is often established with rhyming, syllable variation, and repetition. Moreover, repetition is as simple as repeating words, phrases, and/or lines.
Detailed explanation-3: -A literary device is a writing technique that writers use to express ideas, convey meaning, and highlight important themes in a piece of text. A metaphor, for instance, is a famous example of a literary device. These devices serve a wide range of purposes in literature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Alliteration. Caesura and enjambment. Imagery. Juxtaposition and oxymoron. Personification and Pathetic fallacy.