IGCSE English Literature notes for the unseen poem section. Includes notes on poetry, rhythm, meter, rhyme, form, and structure. Also includes the best essay structure for unseen poetry essays with a detailed breakdown of paragraphs, the introduction, and the conclusion.
Words
o Abstract nouns – faith, hope, beauty
o Semantic fields – religious, industrial, military, nautical
o Negative words
o Words connected w the past/death
o Color words
o Time words
o Childish words
o Sophisticated or powerful vocab
o Compound words – words put together just for the poem
o Unusual words
Meter + Rhythm
o Iambic pentameter (blank verse)
10 syllables, u, s
In sonnets
Also creates auditory imagery
o Dactyl
3 syllables, s, u, u
o Spondee
2 syllables, s, s
o Trochee
2 syllables, s, u
o Anapest
3 syllables, u, u, s
Rhyme
o Rhyme scheme
Last words of each line in stanza follow same pattern
Regular rhyme = ritualistic, childish effect
o End-rhymes
Last words of each line in stanza rhyme
Does not follow a particular pattern
o Internal rhyme
Words rhyme within a line
Draws attention to particular words/message
o Imperfect rhymes
Message = imperfect, flawed, corrupted, impossible
o Beginning with rhyme scheme but then losing it later
Msg initially perfect, controlled, childish
Becomes corrupted, impossible
Form
o Ballad
Traditional, rhyming, narrative poem
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