Poetic Form and Techniques (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards

Poetry without regular rhyme schemes or metre

Traditional Indigenous navigational & storytelling paths

Embedding Indigenous words within English syntax

Meaning flows from line to line without punctuation

Ancestral spirits or voices

Dreaming or Creation stories

Directly addressing someone absent, dead, or abstract

Body-related (images or metaphors)

Commands directed at absent figures (e.g. ancestors)

Bringing back stolen language through deliberate craft