Characteristics of poetry

• Characteristics of poetry

  Concise and evocative language, figurative language, imagery, sound devices, emotional impact, structure, dense meaning
• Concise and evocative language


  Condenses meaning into powerful phrases by selecting words for sound, imagery, and emotional impact.
• Figurative language as a characteristic of a poem


  Similes, metaphors, personification, symbolism and other figures of speech enhance vivid imagery and emotions beyond literal meanings
• Tone


  a literary device that conveys the author’s attitude toward the subject, speaker, or audience of a poem.
• Theme


  The underlying message that the writer or artist wants to convey.

  what are the explicit themes? what is the overall tone? what is the poem’s overall mood?