![]() ![]() Think about big and small building blocks of a poem - the overall shape, number of stanzas, length of stanzas, length of lines, movement between lines and stanzas. How might the way the poem appears on the page link to its meaning and effect? The way the poet has organised the poem on the page eg number of stanzas, lines per stanza, breaks in between lines and stanzas. ![]() If the poem does not have a specific form you recognise, think about the impact of the structure. Many don’t have an identifiable form.Ĭan you spot a specific form? Why might the poet have chosen this? How does it link to the message of the poem or its ideas? Some poems adopt specific forms eg sonnets or narrative poems. It is crucial to observe a poem's form, structure and language but once you've identified the techniques that a poet has used for these, you should think about how they link to the meanings and effects of a poem. Form, structure and language To see the difference between these three terms, think of a house where the whole building is the poem's form, the rooms are the poem's structure and the furniture is the poem's language ![]()
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