REVISION OF POETIC DEVICES

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS3 FIRST TERM

WEEK NINE

REVISION OF POETIC DEVICES

CONTENT

REFERENCE

1. Exam Focus by J.O.J. Nwachukwu Agbada et al.
2. Essential Literature-in-English for S.S.S. by Ibitola A.O.
3. The Mastery of Literature by Iwuchukwu Chinweikpe Esq.
4. A Handbook of Creative Writing by J.O.J Nwachukwu Agbada.

REVISION OF POETIC DEVICES

Below are some of the popular poetic devices often used by not only poets but also by prose writers and play writers. Although any literary author could use them and some do, they are of the poetic origin.

METAPHOR 

A metaphor is an indirect comparison between two different things with a common attribute. It is sometimes described as a compressed simile because of the writer’s desire to save words. The…