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  • What impact do stanzas have on the audience?
    organising ideas into separate sections helps the reader follow the structure, pause for effect, and absorb meaning more clearly
  • What impact do caesuras have on the audience?
    creates a deliberate pause within a line, slowing the rhythm and adding emphasis or tension to the words around it
  • What impact does imagery have on the audience?
    Helps readers “see” and experience what the poet describes to create a mood and stir up feelings
  • What impact does repetition have on the audience?
    emphasises important words or ideas so they stick in the reader's mind, reinforcing meaning and making the poem more rhythmic and memorable
  • What impact does a title have on the audience?
    gives the reader a clue about the poem’s subject, theme, or tone, shaping their expectations and guiding interpretation
  • What impact does onomatopoeia have on the audience?
    exaggeration makes a scenario or emotion more intense and memorable
  • What impact does rhythm have on the audience?
    Creates a beat, giving the poem flow and emotional pacing that is satisfying to the reader.
  • What impact does emotive language have on the audience?
    evokes strong feelings in the reader, helping them connect emotionally with the poem’s ideas
  • What impact does a refrain have on the audience?
    emphasises and reinforces key ideas and creates rhythm or musicality for the reader
  • What impact does personification have on the audience?
    makes ideas or objects feel more 'real' and relatable by giving them human qualities, which helps readers connect emotionally
  • What impact does simile have on the audience?
    Highlights a likeness between two things, helping readers understand abstract ideas in a relatable way.
  • What impact does enjambment have on the audience?
    placing a word mid-sentence at the beginning of a new line can emphasise it and draw our attention to it
  • What impact does rhyme have on the audience?
    similar sounds help make words and ideas stand out and remain memorable
  • What impact does alliteration have on the audience?
    draws attention to particular words or ideas, creating rhythm and emphasis that make the poem more memorable for the reader
  • What impact does onomatopoeia have on the audience?
    makes descriptions more lively and immersive by imitating real sounds, helping readers hear and experience the scene more vividly
  • What impact does contrast have on the audience?
    placing opposing ideas or images close together highlights differences, making key themes or feelings stand out
  • What impact does symbolism have on the audience?
    represents deeper ideas or themes through objects, actions, or images, helping readers understand abstract concepts in a clear way
  • What impact does metaphor have on the audience?
    Deepens meaning by fusing two unlike things together, helping readers understand abstract ideas in a relatable way.
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