Poetic Form and Techniques (HSC SSCE English Standard): Flashcards
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Free verse in Dobson's poetry
Free verse in Dobson's poetry
Unrhymed, short lines reflecting natural speech & thought
Enjambment technique
Enjambment technique
Line breaks without completing grammatical unit
Liminality in Dobson's work
Liminality in Dobson's work
State between two worlds, neither inside nor outside
Window imagery dual purpose
Window imagery dual purpose
Represents constraint (barrier) & possibility (view beyond)
Plosives in 'Cock Crow'
Plosives in 'Cock Crow'
Consonants needing air burst (p,b,t,d,k,g); mimic waking jolt
Personification definition
Personification definition
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Irony in Dobson's poetry
Irony in Dobson's poetry
Saying one thing meaning another; contrasts expectation/reality
Bathos technique
Bathos technique
Sudden descent from elevated to ridiculous
Anaphora definition
Anaphora definition
Repetition of words at beginning of successive clauses
Ekphrastic clarity
Ekphrastic clarity
Literary description of visual art