· Literary devices
o Paradox- seems self-contradictory but expresses a possible truth.
§ Crocodile dilemma
o Understatement – an expression of less strength than expected
o Caesura- a complete pause in a line of poetry, a break, usually near the middle of a verse. IT adds variety to the beat/meter of a poem
o Enjambment – the breaking/continuation of one line of poetry from line to the next with no syntactical pause.
Ode - a celebratory poem pays homage to what the poet holds dear, another person, place, abstract idea etc.
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