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    This document provides guidance on analyzing the form and poetic devices used in a poem. It discusses analyzing a poem's stanza type, rhyme scheme, line structure, word order, sound patterns, figures of speech, voice, and tense to understand the poem's form and how various techniques contribute to its meaning.

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    Poetry terms to know when preparing for the AICE Cambridge Paper 3 Examination

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    AICE Poetry Terms Approaching Poetry

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    This document provides guidance on analyzing the form and poetic devices used in a poem. It discusses analyzing a poem's stanza type, rhyme scheme, line structure, word order, sound patterns, figures of speech, voice, and tense to understand the poem's form and how various techniques contribute to its meaning.

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    Approaching Poetry Form and Structure

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    This document provides guidance on analyzing the form and poetic devices used in a poem. It discusses analyzing a poem's stanza type, rhyme scheme, line structure, word order, sound patterns, figures of speech, voice, and tense to understand the poem's form and how various techniques contribute to its meaning.

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    Approaching Poetry

    Form

    Does the poem have a recognizable form?


    Blank Verse or Formal Structure

    Stanza Types
    -Couplets
    -Tercets
    -Quatrains
    -Quintains
    -Sestets
    -Septets
    -Octets
    -Sonnets
    -Shakespearean 3 quatrains, 1 couplet, volta/turn 13th line
    -Petrarchan Octet, sestet, volta/turn 9th line

    Rhyme
    Does the poem have a rhyme scheme?
    -ABAB alternate line rhyming
    -Masculine
    -Feminine
    -Half rhyme
    -Eye rhyme
    -Internal rhyme

    Lines
    Is there a pattern to the way the lines are organized?
    Are there patterns of short and long lines?
    Within the line are there breaks?

    -Caesura initial, medial, terminal


    -Endstopped
    -Enjambment
    -Are there examples of repetition/anaphora/iteration/parallel phrasing?
    -Refrain
    Word Order
    Is there anything unusual about the word order?
    -Poetic inversion
    -Forgrounded

    Sound or Phonic features


    Do you notice anything about the patterns of sound in the poem? (Often a feature of modern verse
    as a way of creating rhythm or emphasis.)

    -Assonance
    -Consonance
    -Dissonance
    -Sibilance
    -Alliteration
    -Onomatopoeia

    Poetic Features
    -Figurative/literal
    -Metaphor
    -Extended metaphor
    -Conceit
    -Simile
    -Personification
    -Anthropomorphism
    -Image
    -Visual
    -Auditory
    -Tactile
    -Olfactory
    -Gustatory
    -Abstract/concrete

    Voice
    -First/Second/third/singular/plural
    -Persona
    -Speaker
    -Dramatic monologue

    Tense
    -Past/Present/Imperative

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