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SS&S 9-16 terms
poetry terms from chapters 9-16 of Structure, Sound, and Sense
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tone | the attitude expressed toward the subject of the poem |
| Frost | poet who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" |
| alliteration | repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more words |
| assonance | repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words |
| consonance | repetition of a consonant sound in two or more words |
| rhyme | the repetition of the final stressed vowel sound followed by the final consonant sound in two or more words |
| end rhyme | rhyme used in the final words of two or more lines |
| approximate rhyme | the use of similar but not identical final vowel and/or consonant sounds in two or more words |
| slant rhyme | another name for approximate rhyme |
| internal rhyme | rhyme used within a line rather than at the ends of lines |
| refrain | the repetition of one or more whole lines at regular intervals in a poem |
| rhythm | the regular repetition of stressed syllables in a line of poetry or music |
| stressed | a syllable that is spoken more loudly, more clearly enunciated, and for a longer duration than other syllables |
| rhetorical stress | the emphasis on a syllable that comes from the way the sentence is structured rather than just the pronunciation of the word |
| end-stopped | a line of poetry that ends in a punctuation mark or natural pause |
| run-on | a line of poetry that does not end in punctuation or a natural pause |
| enjambment | the more formal term for the use of run-on lines |
| scan | to mark the meter of a poem, including foot divisions and stressed/unstressed syllables |
| caesura | a pause within a line |
| free verse | a poem lacking a regular meter or rhyme scheme |
| prose poem | a poem not divided into lines |
| meter | the repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and line length |
| foot | one unit of a line consisting of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables |
| extra-metrical syllable | a syllable (usually unstressed) additional to the regular meter of a line |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem separated by a space from the next group of lines |
| truncation | the omission of a syllable at the beginning or end of a line of poetry |
| scansion | the result of marking the meter of a poem |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| monometer | a line with one foot |
| dimeter | a line with two feet |
| trimeter | a line with three feet |
| tetrameter | a line with four feet |
| pentameter | a line with five feet |
| hexameter | a line with six feet |
| heptameter | a line with seven feet |
| iambic | one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable |
| trochaic | one stressed followed by one unstressed syllable |
| anapestic | two unstressed followed by one stressed syllable |
| dactyllic | one stressed followed by two unstressed syllables |
| spondaic | two stressed syllables |
| expected rhythm (meter) | what the ear anticipates hearing because of the pattern established previously in the poem |
| heard rhythm (meter) | what the ear actually hears during an oral reading of a line of poetry |
| iambic pentameter | the most common English meter |
| onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like their meaning |
| phonetic intensive | the use of words that for some reason suggest their meaning |
| euphony | the grouping of pleasant, mellow sounds |
| cacophony | the grouping of harsh or discordant sounds |
| structure (of a poem) | the arrangement of ideas, images, thoughts, and sentences in a poem |
| form | the meter, stanza length, use of refrain of a poem |
| stanzaic form | the use of a repeated pattern of groups of lines |
| continuous form | a structure in which lines are broken only by units of meaning which do not fall into regular patterns of stanzas |
| fixed form | a poetic structure that has become established through repeated use |
| sonnet | a fixed form of 14 lines of iambic pentameter with a regular rhyme scheme |
| Italian sonnet | a sonnet with the volta after the 8th line |
| Petrarchan sonnet | another name for an Italian sonnet |
| English sonnet | a sonnet with the volta after the 12th line |
| Shakespearean sonnet | another name for an English sonnet |
| octave | a group of 8 lines |
| sestet | a group of 6 lines |
| quatrain | a group of 4 lines |
| couplet | a group of two lines, usually rhyming |
| villanelle | a 19-line poem with five tercets and one quatrain |
| 1st and 3rd lines of first stanza | which lines are repeated regularly in a villanelle |
| elegy | a poem mourning the death or loss of something valued |
| ode | an exalted poem celebrating something, usually very formal |
| heroic verse | lines written in iambic pentameter |
| heroic couplet | two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter |
| epic | a long narrative poem usually about grand, important events |
| ballad | a story-poem intended originally to be sung |
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