Oxford Comma
Poetic Devices Explained ENJAMBMENT and ENDSTOPPED
How do poet's decide to end their lines? How are you supposed to read them? In many ways, poetry is more like sheet music than it is a novel; knowing the difference between enjambment and end-stopped lines will help you better read it....
Curated Video
Metaphor and Similes
Learn the difference between metaphors and similes and understand why these two figurative language devices are so important in writing.
Oxford Comma
Counting our Own Hours: When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
Because he died so young, Keats' poetry is often read biographically. Readers usually come to the consensus that his death at 25 years of age robbed the world of one of its greatest writers. And Keats certainly thought his early death...
Oxford Comma
Why do we make art? Reading, Summary, and Analysis of The Exhibits by Roger Dylan Turner
Why do we create art? Does the art we create change over time? And how can a poem that doesn't look like a poem help us answer those questions?
Wonderscape
Literature Kids: Exploring Poetic Devices
In this video, the teacher discusses the fundamental poetic devices of alliteration, assonance, and consonance. They explain how these devices create rhythm and rhyme in poetry and provide examples from famous poets such as Walt Whitman...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sound of Language: Alliteration, Assonance, and Onomatopoeia
This video [6:21] will teach you all about the different ways you can use the sound of words for effect. Alliteration is when you use a bunch of similar consonants in a row; assonance is when you use a bunch of similar vowel sounds in a...