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Poetry Terms

TermDefinition
End Rhyme Rhyme at end of two or more lines of poetry.
Free verse No rhyme-no form
Internal Rhyme Rhyme within the same line of poetry
Near Rhyme Higher, fighter/cat, fact
Rhyme A regular, repeated pattern of sounds or movement
Feet Basic unit of measurements of accented-syllables
Iamb One unstressed syllable plus one stressed syllable
Iambic Pentameter A line consisting of five iambs
Sonnet A poem consisting of 14 total lines
Octet An eight line stanza
Sestet A six line stanza
Couplet A two line, rhyming stanza
Quatrain A four line stanza
Italian (Petratchan) A sonnet consisting of an octave and sestet in any of various patterns.
English (Shakespearean) A sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet
Elegy A sad poem or song
Lyric The words of a song: a poem that expresses deep personal feelings
Ode A poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something
Villanelle A fixed form poem consisting of 19 lines
Tercets A three-line stanza
Poetic Syntax Similar to syntax in prose, poetic syntax also includes the arrangement of words into lines
Enjambment A poetic techniques in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning
Caesura A break between words within a metrical foot
Alliteration Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Assonance Repeated vowel sounds
Consonance Repeated consonant sounds at the ends of words
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