Friday, March 21, 2014

What poetic devices are used in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Dreamland"?

Edgar Allan Poe uses a variety of poetic devices in his
dark, haunting poem, "Dreamland."  Here are some of
them. 


1) Rhyme: The poem consists of rhyming couplets,
meaning that line a and b rhyme, lines c and d rhyme, and so
on.


2) Rhythm: Most of the poem's line contain 8
syllables.


3) Alliteration: Poe often packs a line with
words that begin with the same consonant sound.  For
example:



wild
wierd


Bottomless vales and boundless
floods


dews that drip all
over



4) Assonance: Poe
sometimes packs a line with words that have the same vowel sound in the middle
position.  For example:


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wild weird
clime that lieth
sublime


Their
still waters--still and
chilly



5)
Personification: Poe describes non-human entities as if they were human.  For example,
he writes that "NIGHT,/ on a black throne reigns
upright."


6) Allusion: Poe uses references to literature
and mythology.  Look up the origin of Titan and
Eldorado

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