Overall Language Use

Definition

Overall language use refers to how an author employs various literary devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, etc., throughout a poem. It helps convey deeper meanings, emotions, and themes within the text.

Related terms

Diction:

The specific choice of words used by an author in their writing.

Syntax:

The arrangement of words and phrases in sentences or lines of poetry.

Rhetorical Devices: Techniques used by writers to convey ideas effectively such as repetition, parallelism, hyperbole etc.