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Consonance the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.
Cacophony harsh discordance of sound
Euphony agreeableness of sound; pleasing effect to the ear, especially a pleasant sounding or harmonious combination or succession of words
Onomatopoeia the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent
Didactic Poetry instructional poetry to learn skills, science, philosophy, love, crafts, etc. from the didactic verses
Sonnet a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes
Allegory a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
Elegy a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
Iambic Pentameter a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
Masculine Rhyme a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain
Feminine Rhyme a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed as in motion, notion
Enjabment the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break
Couplet a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length
Sibilance characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s
Caesura a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line
Created by: tflores07
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