Techniques In Writing a Poem

 1. Imagery

a. Visual (sight)

b. Auditory (hearing)

c. Olfactory(smell)

d. Tactile(touch)

e. Gustatory(taste)

2. Repetition 

- The use of the same keyword or phrase throughout the poem

Example :

- “Ask – Wednesday” (except, 1930), T. S. Eliot

- “Rime of the Ancient Mariners” (excerpt, 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

3. Refrain

- Almost similar to a repetition 

- Happens when a line/lines are repeated at the end of a stanza 

Example:

- “ Annabel Lee” (excerpt, 1849) Edgar Allan Poe

4. Symbolism 

- The use of a word or image that signifies something else other than what it literally represented

Example:

- “Ah! Sunflower” (excerpt, 1794), William Blake

5. Allusion 

- A brief or indirect reference to another piece of literature or history

Example: 

- “ Ode on a Grecian Urn” (excerpt, 1820), John Keats