(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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