(For unseen poetry) How does the poet present x to the reader?
Structure:
-How does it start/end? Why? Effect?
-Does it physically embody something?
-Use of stanzas? Why? Effect?
Style
-Rhyme? Effect?
-Metre? Effect?
-Narrative voice? Effect?
Imagery
-Use of metaphor/simile. Effect?
-Setting? Effect?
Choice of word
-Connotations of words.
-Techniques eg. alliteration, onomatapoeia etc.
-Apealing to the senses (synesthesia)
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