GSCE English Literature

• 5 Poetic Techniques that you would analyse in a poem:

  Repetition, Metaphor, Simile, Sibilance, and Alliteration.
• Which METHODS links with STRUCTURE?


  Caesura, Enjambment, Stanza lengths etc..
• VITALS stands for:

  Voice (who is speaking in the poem?)

  Imagery (what imagery is being created? Is it effective?)

  Theme (what are the main themes featured in the poem?)

  Address (Who is the poem addressed to and why?)

  Language features (What type of language devices are used? what is their effect?)

  Structure (How is the poem laid out and what is the effect of this?)
• What is a Microcosm?


  A small society