Alliteration features a repetition of a consonant sound. Assonance features a repetition of a vowel sound. Onomatopoeia mimics the sound produced by an animal or object
Defamiliarization is an artistic technique where the poet presents something in a strange manner to enhance perception
Imagery is a description that appeals to the five senses. Metaphor is a direct comparison between two concepts. Simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare or describe
The message of the anthem is still relevant to Filipinos today
Two ways to assess a poem are through outer explication and inner explication. Both are important to encourage readers to appreciate the beauty of the poem and analyze its hidden message.
Poetic Devices and Techniques
Allusion
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Irony
Mnemonic
Personification
Repetition
Symbolism
Synecdoche
Defamiliarization is an artistic technique where the poet presents something, usually the subject of the piece, in a strange manner to enhance perception of what is known to its audience. This helps the reader think about things differently.
Sound devices like alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia enhance the overall literary effect of a poem on its readers by creating auditory interest and emphasizing certain sounds or emotions.
Poetic Devices and Techniques
Alliteration
Allusion
Apostrophe
Assonance
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphor
Mnemonic
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Repetition
Simile
Symbolism
Synecdoche
Found Poetry comes from words borrowed from nonpoetic sources like newspapers, magazines, and other literary texts
Monologues allow readers to be more familiar with the characters, primarily the protagonist
There are a lot of innovative techniques in poetry writing
Blackout poetry is created by using a thick black
Art is constantly changing, leading to the discovery of new techniques in writing poetry to fit the expressions of the current generation
Micropoetry is characterized by its shortness
Found Poetry
This type of poetry comes from wordsborrowed from nonpoetic sources like newspapers, magazines, and other literary texts
Innovative forms of poetry differ from traditional forms of poetry
Prose Poetry
A type of poetry that combines prose and poetry elements, containing lyrical and metric elements of a poem while borrowing characteristics of prose like the absence of line breaks
Erasure poetry
Created by using an erasingtool to redact words from the source text
An erasure poem is a found poem
Other innovative forms of poetry include Fib, Bop, Blitz, Lune, Hay(na)ku, Triversen, Monotetra, Sevenling
Blackout poetry
Created by using a thickblackmarker to redact words from the source text while leaving chosen words unshaded
Slam Poetry and Spoken Word Poetry
Slam poetry is a performance-based poetry involving competition. Without competition, it is known as spokenword poetry
A triversen is a three-stanza poem that can be written in iambictetrameter
Prose poetry combines elements of prose and poetry, containing lyrical and metric elements of a poem without line breaks
Unique ways of creating poetry
fib
bop
blitz
lune
hay(na)ku
triversen
monotetra
sevenling
Micropoetry is characterizedby its shortness and is commonly found on social media platforms
Slam poetry is a performance-based poetry involving competition, while spoken word poetry is withoutcompetition
The last stanza in a sevenling is a three-line poem that highlights its theme
Found poetry is a new type of poetry that comes from borrowedwords in nonpoetic sources like newspapers, magazines, product labels, etc.