Professional Documents
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Techniques in Poetry
Techniques in Poetry
Poetry Analysis 2
Sound Devices and Rhythm, Rhyme
and Repetition
Sound Devices
A good poem can often be identified by its
sound quality.
Sound device used Sound produced? Sound What is the poet’s purpose
quality? in using this?
“Out of the night that covers me
Black as the pit from pole to pole;
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.”
From “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley