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Monday, 24 June 2019

Poetic Language Features

English

Choose 3 language features which you have never heard of before. Define these and find/create 2 examples for each. Post to your blogs.

Allegory:
A short moral story (often with animal characters)
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a political allegory pertaining to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the rise of communism. It outlines the different classes in society through the depiction of animals.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a religious allegory. In it, we find that Aslan the lion represents Christ or God, the White Witch represents evil, and Edmund represents Judas as the betrayer.

Enjambment:
The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause.
 "The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Is sinking down in its tranquility;" Wordsworth, "Beauteous Evening"

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and asleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing." Keats, "Endymion"

Couplet:
A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

I saw a little hermit crab
His coloring was oh so drab


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