UNSEEN POETRY

• What is meant by form?

  The physical format of the poem.
• What is the structure?


  How the poem is organised.
• What is meant by the language in a poem?

  The words that are used.
• What writing techniques make imagery?

  Similes, metaphors, personification.
• What is meant by the tone of the poem?

  The mood or overall feelings.
• What is meant by the tone of a poem?

  The mood or overall feelings.
• What is meant by the semantic or lexical field of a poem?

  A set of words with related meanings.
• What does the R in FLIRTS stand for?

  Rhythm and rhyme
• What does the S in FLIRTS stand for?

  Subject.
• How do we read FLIRTS?

  Backwards.
• How many times should we read an unseen poem?

  Twice.
• What are you expected to do in Question of Unseen Poetry?

  Make comparisons.
• What is juxtaposition?

  Putting two contrasting things close together in order to accentuate or highlight their differences.
• What is a metaphor?

  Comparing two things by saying one thing actually IS the other.
• What is enjambment?

  The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line to another.
• What is caesura?

  A pause in the break of a line, usually indicated by punctuation such as full stops, semi-colons or commas.
• What is personification?

  When you give something that isn't a person the traits of a person.
• Which is an example of an oxymoron?

  Dark sunlight
• Which is an example of onomatopoeia?

  Crash.