1. Poetic Techniques… 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

2. 1
'Beloved sweetheart bastard'
'Havisham' by Carol Ann Duffy
OXYMORON

3. SIMILE 'His shoulders globed like a full sail strung' 2
'Follower' by Seamus Heaney
SIMILE

4. PERSONIFICATION 'Stars danced in the sky' 3
'A Frosty Night' by Robert Graves
PERSONIFICATION

5. ONOMATOPOEIA 'Pots and pans bang together in celebration, clang' 4
'This Room' by Imtiaz Dhakar
ONOMATOPOEIA

6. METAPHOR 'I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper' 5
'Valentine' by Carol Ann Duffy
METAPHOR

7. CAESURA or ENJAMBMENT 'Of our struggle to become6
'Of our struggle to become
Separate. We want, we shouted'
'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke
CAESURA or ENJAMBMENT

8. ALLITERATION and PLOSIVE CONSONANTS7
'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper'
Nursery rhyme
ALLITERATION and PLOSIVE CONSONANTS

9. ALLITERATION and SIBILANCE8
'Sees her idol stand with a satisfied smile'
'In Church' by Thomas Hardy
ALLITERATION and SIBILANCE

10. ENJAMBMENT ‘The snail pushes through a green9
‘The snail pushes through a green
night, for the grass is heavy’
‘Considering the Snail’ by Thom Gunn
ENJAMBMENT