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METER   RHYTHM OF A LINE; STRESSED, UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES  
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SYLLABLE   SINGLE UNIT OF UNINTERRUPTED SOUND  
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FOOT   BASIC RHYTHM UNIT, COMBINATION OF STRESS, UNSTRESS SYLLABLES  
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IAMBIC PENTAMETER   2 SYLLABLE FOOT 5 FEET PER LINE  
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IAMBIC FOOT   UNSTRESS, STRESS=DA DUM  
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TROCHAIC FOOT   STRESS,UNSTRESS/STRESS,UNSTRESS/ =DUM,DA  
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SPONDIAC FOOT   STRESS,STRESS/STRESS,STRES/ = DUM DUM  
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ANAPESTIC   UNSTRESS,UNSTRESS, STRESS/ = DA DA DUM  
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DACTYLIC   STRESS, UNSTRESS,UNSTRESS= DUM,DA,DA  
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STANZA   RECURRINGPATTERN OF 2 OR MORE LINES OF VERSE ="PARAGRAPH OF PROSE"  
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PROSODY   STUDY OF METRICAL STRUCTURES IN POETRY  
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SCANSION   ART OF SCANNING AL LINE, READ LISTEN  
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4 COMMON ACCENTUAL SYLLABIC METERS   IAMBIC, ANAPESTIC, TROCHAIC, DACTYLIC  
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RISING METER   IAMBIC, ANAPESTIC  
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FALLING METER   TROCHAIC, DACTYLIC  
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MONOSYLLABIC FOOT   NO UNACCENTED SYLLABLE  
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MONOMETER   METER CONSISTING OF ONE METRICAL FOOT, OR ONE PRIMARY STRESS PER LINE  
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DIAMETER   VERSE METER WITH 2 METRICAL FEET OR 2 PRIMARY STRESSES PER LINE  
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TRIMETER   VERSE METER WITH 3 METRICAL FEET OR 3 PRIMARY STRESSES PER LINE  
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TETRAMETER   VERSE METER WITH 4 METRICAL FEET OR 4 PRIMARY STRESSES PER LINE  
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FOOT   UNIT OF MEASUREMENT IN METRICAL POETRY  
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STRESS   ACCENT; FORCE GIVEN TO SYLLABLE IN SPEAKING  
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SLACK   UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES  
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PAUSES   CAESURA; OCCURS AT A PUNCTUTATION MARK  
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CAESURA   PAUSE; OCCURS AT A PUNCTUATION MARK  
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RUN ON LINE   SLIGHT PAUSE; NO PUNCTUATION  
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RHYME TYPE   INITIAL, EXACT, SLANT ,END,MASCULINE, FEMININE, EYE  
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INITIAL RYME/RIME   ALLITERATION  
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EXACT   SOUNDS FOLLOW VOWEL SOUND RED, BREAD  
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SLANT   FINAL CONSONANT SAME SOUND, VOWEL SOUND DIFFERENT; NEAR, OFF OR IMPERFECT RHYME SUN, BONE  
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CONSONANCE   SLANT RHYME- RIMED WORDS OR PHRASES SAME BEGINNING/ENDING CONSONANT SOUNDS DIFERENT VOWEL SOUND CHITTER, CHATTER  
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END RIME   END OF LINES, MOST USED TYPE  
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MASCULINE RIME   1 SYLLABLE WORDS; JAIL, BAIL OR WORDS WITH MORE THAN 1 SYLLABLE- STRESS ON FINAL SYLLABLE DI-VORCE, RE-MORSE  
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FEMININE RIME   2 OR MORE SYLLABLES WITH STRESS ON A SYLLABLE OTHER THAN THE LAST; TUR-TLE, FER TILE. USED IN COMIC VERSE,  
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EYE RIME   SPELLING LOOKS SAME, PRONUNCTIATION DIFFER; ROUGH, DOUGH IDEA, FLEA--DO NOT RIME AT ALL  
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INTERNAL RIME   RIME OCCURS WITHIN A LINE OF POETRY AS APPOSED TO END RIME  
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FORMS IN POETRY   CLOSED, OPEN DESIGN AS A WHOLE; CONFIGURATION OF ALL ITS PARTS  
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CLOSED PATTERN   PATTERN SUCH AS A SONNET WITH RIME SKENE; TENDS TO LOOL REGULAR AND SYMMETRICAL, FALLING INTO STANZA THAT INDICATES GROUPS OF RIMES AND METER; MORE MEMORABLE  
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OPEN PATTERN    
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TRIOLET   SHORT LYRICFORM 8 RHYMED LINES 2 OPEINGING LINES REPREATED ACCORDING TO SET PATTERN  
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TERCET   GROUP OF 3 LINES OR VERSE USUALLY ALL ENDING WITH SAME RHYME  
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TERZA RIME   VERSE FORM MADE UP OF 3 LINES, STANZA, CONNECTED BY OVERLAPPING RHYME THEME  
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SESTINA   COMPLEX VERSE FORM 6 END WORDS REPEATED IN PRESCRIBE ORDER THROUGH 6 STANZA; ENDS WITH 3 LINES IN WHICH ALL 6 WORDS APPEAR-TOTAL 39 LINES  
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FORAML PATTERN IN POETRY   BLANK VERSE, COUPLET, TERCET  
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BLANK VERSE   UNRIMED IAMBIC PENTAMETER  
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COUPLET   2 LINE STANZA, USUALLY RIMED; BLOW,SNOW  
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HEROIC COUPLET   CLOSED COUPLET, 2 RIMED LINES OF IAMBIC PENTAMETER, FIRST ENDING IN A LIGHT PAUSE, 2ND MORE HEAVILY END STOPPED  
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TERCET   GROUP OF 3 LINES, USUALLY 1 RIME SOUND AS IN ANONYMOUS ENGLISH CHILDJINGLE  
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SYLLABIC VERSE   VERSE FORM IN WHICH POET ESTABLISHES A PATTERN OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SYLLABLES TO A LINE  
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FREE VERSE   POETRY ORGANIZED WITHOUT METER OR RIME  
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TYPE OF FREE VERSE   PROSE AND VISUAL  
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PROSE POETRY   POETIC LANGUAGE PRINTED IN PROSE PARAGRAPHS DISPLAYING THE CAREFUL ATTENTION TO SOUND IMAGERY AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF POETRY  
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VISUAL POETRY   DISTINCTIVE VISUAL SHAPE VERBAL SILHOUETTE  
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BALLAD   SONG THAT TELLS A STORY, ORAL VERSE FORM, SUNG OR RECITED; PASSED FROM PERFORMER TO PERFORMER WITHOUT BEING WRITTEN DOWN. COMPRESSED DRAMATIC, OBJECTIVE, IN THEIR NARRATIVE STYLE.  
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BALLAD TYPES   FOLK, CHILD, BROADSIDE, LITERARY  
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FOLK BALLAD   LOOSELY DEFINED ANONYMOUS STORY-SONGS TRANSMITTED ORALLY BEFORE THEY WERE WRITTEN DOWN  
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CHILD BALLAD   SAME AS FOLK BALLAD BUT WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN  
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BALLAD STANZA   FAVORITE PATTERN; 4 LINES RIMED, TENDING TO FALL INTO 8,6,8 & 6 SYLLABLES  
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COMMON METER   LIKE BALLAD STANZA, FOUND IN HYMN PATTERN EXCEPT 2 PAIRS OF RIMES  
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BROADSIDE BALLAD   PRINTED ON 1 SHEET OF PAPER OFTEN SET TO TRADITIONAL TUNES; EARLY FORM JOURNALISM POSSIBLY DUE TO CHEAP PRINTING AND GROWTH OF AUDIENCES WHO COULD BARELY READ  
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LITERARY BALLAD   NOT MEANT FOR SINGING SOPHISTICATED POETRY FOR BOOK EDUCATED READERS. IMITATE FOLK BALLADS. MAY TELL DRAMATIC CONFLICTS; MORTALS ENCOUNTERING THE SUPERNATURAL; CONVENTIONAL FIGURES OF SPEECH OR BALLAD STANZA  
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TYPES OF SONNETS   FIXED FORM INHERITED FROM OTHER POEM; FAMILIAR ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURE, UNVARYING NUMBER OF LINES OR STANZA PATTERN  
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ENGLISH/SHAKESPEREAN SONNET   3 quatrains and couplet; most turn or shift in tone or focus after first 8 lines although placement may vary.  
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ITALIAN OR PETRARCHAN SONNET   FOLLOWS RIME SCHEME ABBA, ABBA, FIRST 8 LINES, NEW RIME LAST 6 LINES  
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FOUND POETRY   ARRANGING PROSE FROM UNLIKELY SOURCES; TRAFFIC SIGNS, NEWS STORIES INTO POEM-LIKE LINES  
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LIMERICK   SHORT, USUALLY COMIC VERSE FORM OF 5 ANAPESTIC LINES, USUALLY RHYMING 3RD, 4TH LINE HAVE 2 STRESSES EACH  
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LYRIC   short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. often written 1st person, has song like immediacy and emotional force  
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madigrals   short secular songs for 3 or more voices arranged in counterpoint. usually 1 stanza, rarely exceeds 12-13 lines  
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Petrarchan   Italian rhyme pattern first 8 lines abba, abba final 6 follow any pattern as long as it doesn't end in couplet  
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sonnet   popular in love poetry; fixed form of 14 lines, written iambic pentameter, usually made up of an octave (1st 8 lines) and a concluding sestet (6 lines)  
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