SMILE METHOD 2

Structure

Stanzas = verses
Narrative voice = who is speaking in the poem
First person = I. Second person = you. Third person = he,she,it.
Rhyme = repetition of similar sounds. Rhythm = a pattern of stresses in the sounds of a poem.
End-stopping lines which end in punctuation. Caesura punctuation in the middle of a line.
Enjambment lines that dont have punctuation at the end of them.

Meaning

Describe = to explain what you understand in the poem

Imagery

Simile = use like or as to compare

Metaphor = comparing something as if it is something else
Personification = giving an object characteristics of a person
Imagery = painting a picture in the mind

Language

Repetition = repeating an idea, word or phrase

Emotive language which appeals to emotions or senses
Alliteration = repetition of the same sound at the start of words
Noun = name of something. Adjective = describing word. Adverb = how something is done.
Verb = what is being done.
Directive = addressing the audience we, you & us. connotations of words or colours = the
other things you associate with the word or colour.
Sibilance = repetition of sss sounds.
Assonance = rhyme of vowel sounds.

Emotion

Emotions = feelings. Tone = feelings shown in the poem through the way it is said.

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