1. Unseen Poetry

3. Analysing Language in Unseen Poetry
Objectives:
LO: How has the writer used particular language to convey ideas?
LO: How does key language terminology demonstrate the effect of poetry for analysis?
LO: How have two poems used language to convey the same ideas?

4. Analysing LANGUAGE could be …
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Alliteration
Personification
Emotive
Similes
Senses
Triples of adjectives
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Look out for words that could have more than one meaning. What further images could they create?
What specific emotion are you encouraged to feel as a result of the words used?
Identify the specific techniques that have been used in the text.
Consider what impact they have on the tone.
Analysing LANGUAGE could be …
Choose adjectives, adverbs, verbs and nouns to explode – how do these words suggest what the character of setting is like?
Consider whether there is any direct speech? Is this speech timid? Authoritative? Apologetics? Something else?
Which words help you identify the tone or mood of the character? How do the words imply his or her feelings or attitude? What are the reasons?
Rhetoric
Modal verbs
Direct address
Propositions
Imperative verbs
Hyperbole
Semantic field
Sibilance
oxymoron

5. Analysing Structure and Form
LO: How does the structure of a poem demonstrate its effect upon the reader?
LO: How do the two poems use structure to convey similar or different ideas?

6. Structure and Form Terms
Form: Is it a ..
Sonnet
Ballad
Dramatic monologue
Juxtaposition
Contrast
Volta
Caesura
Enjambment
Analysing STRUCTURE could be …
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhythm
Consonance
Assonance
Iambic pentameter
Iambic tetrameter
Identify the specific techniques that have been used in the text.
Consider what impact they have on the tone.

7. Success Criteria
Have they made clear points that identify the techniques (language and structure)?
Have they used precise and short quotations?
Have they zoomed in on the effects of key words?
Have they used key terminology?
Have they explored the effect on the reader?
Have they offered more than one interpretation?
Have they used full punctuation?

9. LO: How does the writer create a voice within the poem?