1. THE POETIC DEVICES AKA: What the heck is metonymy?

2. There’s lit devices in poetry! AlliterationAllegoryAllusionAmbiguityAnaphora ApostropheAsideAssonanceAntithesisConnotation CaesuraConsonanceDenotationEnjambmentFlashback HyperboleMotifForeshadowingImageryMetonymy OnomatopoeiaOxymoronParadoxPersonificationPun RhymeSettingSimileSymbolSynesthesiaTone Diction (colloquial, informal, formal, specialized, archiac)Stream of Consciousness Irony (Situational, Verbal, Dramatic)Metaphor (Simple, Extended)

3. There’s lit devices in poetry! AlliterationAllegoryAllusionAmbiguityAnaphora ApostropheAsideAssonanceAntithesisConnotation CaesuraConsonanceDenotationEnjambmentFlashback HyperboleMotifForeshadowingImageryMetonymy OnomatopoeiaOxymoronParadoxPersonificationPun RhymeSettingSimileSymbolSynesthesiaTone Diction (colloquial, informal, formal, specialized, archiac)Stream of Consciousness Irony (Situational, Verbal, Dramatic)Metaphor (Simple, Extended)

4. How do they impact theme?  Caesura  Enjambment  Assonance  Consonance  Alliteration  Draw the reader’s attention to specific words and phrases  Making it stick out  Making it so beautiful it stays with you  These words contribute to poem’s theme  Ask yourself: what words are emphasized??  (Break in rhyme can do this as well)

5. How do they impact theme?  Rhyme  Onomatoepia  Creates a specific mood or tone in the poem  This mood or tone is directly related to the theme  (Previous devices can do this as well)  Rhyme reinforces key ideas Not just sound words (“bang”) but words that sound like a thing or idea Hear the sledges with the bells, silver bells!... And the stars that oversprinkle all the heavens seem to twinkle with a crystalline delight. ~Poe, “The Bells”

6. What they DON’T do!  Creates a “poetic feel”  Contributes to “flow” of poem  The hell is this??  Makes a nice “sing song” effect  Make poem sound “interesting” or “beautiful” or “harsh”  OK – but how does THAT contribute to theme?  “The assonance helps support the theme of ____”  HOW!?!

7. Ask me!! Need suggestions for poems?