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Poetry Part 2
Refrain vs Repetition
Poetry
Using a specific style and rhythm to express feelings and ideas.
Ketchup is red
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I love poetry
How about you?
Repetition
A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times
to make an idea clearer.
It could be a word, a phrase, a full sentence, or a poetical line
repeated to emphasize its significance in the entire text.
Think: randomly repeated.
Repetition Example
From: T'is So Much Joy, by Emily
Dickinson
From: Stopping by Woods On a
Snowy evening, by Robert Frost
T’is so much joy! T’is so much
joy!
If I should fail, what poverty!
And yet, as poor as I
Have ventured all upon a throw;
Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so
This side the victory!
The woods are lovely, dark, and
deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Refrain
A phrase, line, or group of lines repeated at intervals throughout a
poem, generally at the end of the stanza or between stanzas.
Think: regularly repeated.
Refrain example
The cat so silent
Lay curled up on the rug
The fire a blaze
The room so snug.
Purring, purring
Quiet and still
Purring, purring
Content from his fill.
Tatters the cat
Big, fat cat.
He had just eaten
A dinner of fish
What a treat to have
Filling up his dish.
Purring, purring
Quiet and still
Purring, purring
Content from his fill.
Tatters the cat
Big, fat cat.
No more cold for the day
He was in for the night
Fun he had had
When the day was light.
Purring, purring
Quiet and still
Purring, purring
Content from his fill.
Tatters the cat
Big, fat cat.