techniques

• metaphor

  stating something is another thing (e.g they have a heart of gold)
• caesura

  a short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry
• contrast

  strong different between 2 things
• oxymoron

  two words together with contrasting ideas (beautiful death)
• simile

  comparison of 2 things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
• personification

  giving an object human qualities
• enjambment

  a line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line
• alliteration

  repetition of the sound / letter at the beginning of a word (peters perfect pens)