Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Ode: Due Friday

Create an ode of 10 lines minimum.  Use at least 3 of the following 4 poetic devices.

·       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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