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Poetry terms SP

Robertson Poetry terms Sophomore year SP

QuestionAnswer
Alliteration Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance repetition of vowel sounds without repetition of consonants
Ballad verse form that tells a story
Blank verse an unrhymed form of poetry
Caesura pause or sudden break in a line of poetry
canto main division of a long poem
Consonance repetition of consonant sounds
couplet two lines of the same verse that usually rhyme
end rhyme rhyming of words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry
enjambment running over of a sentence or thought from one line to another
Foot smallest repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line
free verse does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Heroic couplet consists of two successive rhyming lines that contain a complete thought
Internal rhyme occurs when the rhyming words appear in the same line of poetry
lyric short verse that is intended to express the emotions of the author, lyrics are set to music
meter the patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Onomatopoeia words that sound like their meaning
Refrain repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of each stanza
Repetition repeating of a word, phrase or idea for emphasis or for rhythmic effect within a poem or prose
Rhyme you learned this in kindergarden
rhymed verse verse with end rhyme that has regular meter
Rhythm the ordered or free occurrences of sound in poetry
Stanza division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains- use latin roots
synecdoche using the part of something to represent the whole
verse metric line of poetry- amount of feet per line
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