Key learning points

1. ‘MORERAPS’ is a type of poem that Joseph Coelho invented to help him remember the different poetic devices.
2. A poetic device is a technique used by poets to enhance the meaning, sound and overall impact of their poems.
3. A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to describe something as if it is something else.
4. Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound found at the start of words that come close together.

Keywords

• Acrostic poem - a poem in which the first letter of each line spells a word

• Metaphor - a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else

• Poetic device - a technique used by poets to enhance the meaning, sound, and overall impact of their poems

• Alliteration - repetition of the same sound found at the start of words that come close together

Common misconception