The four levels of poetry - Mary Adams



The four levels of poetry

Typographical Level

• Stanzas or strophes

• line breaks

• type faces emphasis

• visual level of poem

• prose vs. verse

Sonic Level

• Rhyme and syllables

• Meter

• Repetition—consonance, assonance, alliteration, anaphora

• euphony and cacaphony

Sensory Level

• Imagery and description

• Metaphor and other figures (symbol, simile, metonymy, synaesthesia, etc.)

Ideational Level

• Form and genre

• Theme

• Title

• References, quotes, etc.

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