Poetic Techniques (Scottish Highers English): Flashcards

Words beginning with same consonant sound close together

A pause within a line of poetry

Meaning runs on to next line without stopping at line end

Comparison where one thing is described as being something else

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Gives human characteristics to non-human things

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An identity assumed by the poet

Creates pictures in words

Poetry with no regular rhyme or rhythm