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With poetry, I always write something with my students which I refer to as a 'poetry bible'. This is a long list of poetic techniques, with examples, and the effects they often have.
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Power is an ambiguous term. The student could take this question to multiple areas od exploration, such as masculine superiority, female subversion, post-colonialism, marxism, supernatural power, to name ...

http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/valentine The poem “Valentine” by Carol Ann Duffy dismisses the archetypal and materialistic notions surrounding love and romance and instead explores ...

We might like to consider what it means to be an evil character. One way Victor presents the monster as evil is to paint him as savage, incapable of compassion and ruled by his emotions, not his reason.1....

There are various literary devices a writer can use in their work. These are usually used to improve the quality of a description and to achieve desired effects. Keep an eye out for writers using these in...