Poetic Devices __ 10th Grade English

What makes a poem popular? What makes one poem better than the other? 

Though all these questions have multiple answers, One common and important answer to all these questions is the tactful use of Poetic devices. 

But, what are Poetic devices? 

Poetic devices are tools that a poet can use to create rhythm, enhance a poem's meaning, or intensify a mood or feeling. These devices help piece the poem together, much like a hammer and nails join planks of wood together. 

There are copious poetic devices , which we will be discussing in detail in this blog

1) In poetry, repetition is repeating words, phrases, or lines.

2) A simile is a comparison between two unlike things. Similes use the words 'like' or 'as.' 

3) In contrast to a simile, a metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as. A metaphor uses the senses and compares two things in a meaningful way

4) Poets may also use imagery, or words to create an image in the reader's mind.

5)  The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning  is called Anaphora

6) Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

7) Allusion is  an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. 

8) Transferred epithet is when an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another. Example:- He passed a sleepless night ( here, the night is not sleepless but the man is, hence the adjective has been transferred to night instead of He) 

9) Assonance is resemblance of vowel sound between syllables of nearby words

10) Consonance is the  repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. 

11) Refrain  is when a phrase, line, or group of lines are repeated at intervals throughout a poem, generally at the end of the stanza.

12)  Onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

13) Personification is he attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human

14) Poetic licence is the the right assumed by poets to alter from common diction or pronunciation to fulfill their writing requirements

Well, now that we have understood what are Poetic devices and the different types of poetic devices, lets dive in detail into the poems of the 10th grade board syllabus!

First up 

AMANDA! 

Next we have...

ANIMALS - by Walt Whitman

And last but not least...

THE TALE OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON - by Ogden Nash

The poetic device for the last two verses are similar to the first two verses!

Poetic Devices really help bring out the beauty in poems and I hope this blog has helped you understand the indepth beauty of the poems we learn in tenth, not only for the boards but also for the message of the poem to be carried on for the rest of your lives. I hope Amanda come to your help whenever you are annoyed by the chidings of the society , Animals when you see the ill nature of our society and think it really needs to change and also the bravery of Custard when you try to right them!