Examples

-Her poetry has a personal element

-Uses intense language and vibrant imagery

-Repetition of important phrases

-The title of the poem is usually not said in the poem

-Often asks rhetorical questions

-"I have given my name and my day-clothes up to nurses"-Tulips

-"Your dark

Amputations crawl and appal"

-Thalidomide

-"That kill, that kill, that kill." -Elm

-"I have done it again." -Lady Lazarus

-"Did it come like an arrow, did it come like a knife?" -The Detective

Writing Styles & Techniques