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Studying Poetry: Forms, Literary Devices and Critical Appreciation
Elective English · Chapter 5 · III. Poetry
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- Types of poems: lyric, Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnet, ballad, elegy, blank verse and free verse
- Types of poems: narrative, pastoral, romantic poetry and the dramatic monologue
- Literary devices (1): simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, imagery and symbolism
- Literary devices (2): alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, repetition and enjambment
- Literary devices (3): irony, pun, contrast, climax and anti-climax, hyperbole, oxymoron and litotes
- Writing a critical appreciation: poet's life, autobiographical element, type, setting, theme, mood, levels of meaning, rhyme scheme, symbolism, imagery, devices and personal response