Explain me different types of poetic devices.
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Devices That Create Rhythm
Let's start with some of the devices that can be used to create rhythm, including repetition, syllable variation, and rhyming.
In poetry, repetition is repeating words, phrases, or lines. For example, Edgar Allen Poe's poem 'The Bells' repeats the word 'bells.' By doing so, Poe creates a sing-song rhythm similar to that of bells ringing.
To the swinging and the ringing
of the bells, bells, bells--
simile is a comparison between two unlike things. Similes use the words 'like' or 'as.' A simile can get the reader to look at something in a different way.
In contrast to a simile, a metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. A metaphor uses the senses and compares two things in a meaningful way. John Donne's poem 'The Sun Rising' uses a powerful metaphor:
Many poets also use asymbol, or an object that means more than itself and represents something else. In Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Not Taken,' he talks about deciding which path to take when coming to a fork in the road. The fork and the two routes that result symbolize choices in life, a specific decision that must be made, etc. So, the actual road that he describes represents something much greater that what it is.
Poets may also use imagery, or words to create an image in the reader's mind. Imagery is based on our five senses, though visual imagery is used the most. The images contribute to a poem's meaning.
Some devices are used solely to intensify the mood of the poem. An example is ahyperbole, an exaggeration that is used for dramatic effect. John Donne uses hyperbole in his poem 'Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star.
Onomatopoeia is another good example. This device uses words that resemble or imitate sounds. Words like 'bang' and 'boom' could add to the intensity of a poem as those sounds could be reminiscent of war or violence, whereas words/sounds like 'tweet' or 'purr' could add to a tranquil feeling within a poem about the calming effects of nature
Personification, or giving a non-living thing qualities of something that is alive, can also magnify mood. If a poet describes the sun as 'angrily beating down on the people below,' negative feelings are heightened. But, if the poet says the 'sun smiled down on the people, gently warming them,' then positive feelings of contentment are conveyed through the use of personification. Of course, the sun can't actually beat down on people, but personifying it means the poet makes it behave like it's a living thing with a personality.
Let's start with some of the devices that can be used to create rhythm, including repetition, syllable variation, and rhyming.
In poetry, repetition is repeating words, phrases, or lines. For example, Edgar Allen Poe's poem 'The Bells' repeats the word 'bells.' By doing so, Poe creates a sing-song rhythm similar to that of bells ringing.
To the swinging and the ringing
of the bells, bells, bells--
simile is a comparison between two unlike things. Similes use the words 'like' or 'as.' A simile can get the reader to look at something in a different way.
In contrast to a simile, a metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. A metaphor uses the senses and compares two things in a meaningful way. John Donne's poem 'The Sun Rising' uses a powerful metaphor:
Many poets also use asymbol, or an object that means more than itself and represents something else. In Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Not Taken,' he talks about deciding which path to take when coming to a fork in the road. The fork and the two routes that result symbolize choices in life, a specific decision that must be made, etc. So, the actual road that he describes represents something much greater that what it is.
Poets may also use imagery, or words to create an image in the reader's mind. Imagery is based on our five senses, though visual imagery is used the most. The images contribute to a poem's meaning.
Some devices are used solely to intensify the mood of the poem. An example is ahyperbole, an exaggeration that is used for dramatic effect. John Donne uses hyperbole in his poem 'Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star.
Onomatopoeia is another good example. This device uses words that resemble or imitate sounds. Words like 'bang' and 'boom' could add to the intensity of a poem as those sounds could be reminiscent of war or violence, whereas words/sounds like 'tweet' or 'purr' could add to a tranquil feeling within a poem about the calming effects of nature
Personification, or giving a non-living thing qualities of something that is alive, can also magnify mood. If a poet describes the sun as 'angrily beating down on the people below,' negative feelings are heightened. But, if the poet says the 'sun smiled down on the people, gently warming them,' then positive feelings of contentment are conveyed through the use of personification. Of course, the sun can't actually beat down on people, but personifying it means the poet makes it behave like it's a living thing with a personality.
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