Tips for the Poetry Section (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards

Central concept or underlying message throughout the poem

Tone=poet's attitude; Mood=atmosphere/emotional feeling

Narrative poem that tells dramatic stories

Poem of lamentation honouring someone/something that died

Explicit comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Implicit comparison describing thing using terms for another

Giving human characteristics to non-living objects/concepts

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words

Words that phonetically resemble the sounds they describe

250-300 words