Wednesday, July 8, 2009

+Poetic Techniques and or Devices in the English Language

(a partial list)

Accent
Alexandrine
Allegory
Alliteration
Analogy
Anapaest
Anaphora
Antithesis
Apostrophe
Archetype
Assonance

Bard

Cacophony
Caesura
Classicism
Conceit
Consonance
Connotation
Couplet

Dactyl
Denotation
Dialect
Dramatic monologue
Doggerel

Elison
Enjambment
Envoy
Epigram
Epitet
Euphony
Euphemism

Falling Meter
Feminine Rhyme
Figure of Speech
Foot

Heptameter
Heroic Couplet
Hexameter
Hyperbole

Iam
Iambic Pentameter
Idiom
Imagery
Irony

Jargon

Litotes

Metaphor
Meter
Meiosis
Metonymy
Moritae

Onomatopoeia

Parody
Pentameter
Persona
Personification
Pun

Quatrain

Refrain
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhythm
Rising Meter
Romanticism

Scansion
Simile
Slang
Spondee
Stanza
Stress
Synecdoche
Syntax

Tetrameter
Trochee
Trope
Understatement
Unit

Verse
Versification

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