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Unseen poetry?

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  • 09-06-2010 6:59pm
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    MagsK93
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭


    I saw someone write up yesterday 5 key words to use when analysing unseen poetry but now i cant find it! anyone have any advice on how to approach the unseen?


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    Psychobabble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭Psychobabble


    First, make sure you understand what the question is asking (quite often the question looks for your personal response - do you like/dislike and why?). Useful things to remember are:
    Narrative (what's the story of the poem/what's happening?)
    Theme (what's the general theme/themes of the poem - love, war etc..)
    Structure (is it divided into stanzas - why has the poet choen to do this? New stanzas are often like new paragraphs and introduce a new idea)
    Rhyme (has the poet used rhyme? Why?)
    Imagery (metaphor/simile - unusual, striking, descriptive etc..)
    Other stylistic techniques such as alliteration (repetition of consonant sounds).
    Good luck!


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    MagsK93
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭MagsK93


    thanks! good luck to you too :D


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