📚 English · Reading Comprehension

Poetic forms and conventions

Recognise and understand poetic conventions — including form (sonnet, ballad, free verse), metre, rhyme scheme, stanza structure, imagery, and sound devices (alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia) — and analyse how poets use them for effect

Typical age: 11–14 years

“When your child reads a poem, can they identify its form — like a sonnet or a ballad — and explain how the poet's use of rhyme, rhythm, and imagery contributes to the poem's meaning or emotional impact?”

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Figurative Language and Literary DevicesREQUIRED
Analysing poetic technique requires understanding figurative language and word choice
Forms of Poetry and PerformanceREQUIRED
KS3 poetic conventions extend KS2 recognising different forms of poetry

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