two successive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme

A run-on line, continuing into the next without a grammatical break

Figurative language repeated throughout poem

A basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of metrical verse. A foot contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables.

External pattern or shape of a poem

Patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse; the measurable repetition of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry

A restatement of the content of a poem designed to make its prose meaning as clear as possible

Pattern or recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables

Any fixed patter of rhymse characterizing a whole poem or its stanzas

A line with no natural speech pause at its end, allowing the sense to flow uninterruptedly into the succeeding line

Process of measuring metrical verse, that is, of making accented and unaccented syllables, dividing the lines into feet, identifying the metrical pattern, and noting significant variations fromthat pattern

A group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout a poem

THe form taken by a poem when it is written in a series of units having the same number of lines and usually other characteristics in common, such as metrical pattern or rhyme scheme

Internal organization of poem's content

A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines, normally at some fixed position

Describes the character who speaks to the reader or an imagined audience in the poem

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Question	Answer
Couplet	two successive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme
Enjambment	A run-on line, continuing into the next without a grammatical break
Extended figure	Figurative language repeated throughout poem
Foot	A basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of metrical verse. A foot contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables.
Form	External pattern or shape of a poem
Meter	Patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse; the measurable repetition of accented and unaccented syllables in poetry
Paraphrase	A restatement of the content of a poem designed to make its prose meaning as clear as possible
Rhythm	Pattern or recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhyme scheme	Any fixed patter of rhymse characterizing a whole poem or its stanzas
Run-on line	A line with no natural speech pause at its end, allowing the sense to flow uninterruptedly into the succeeding line
Scansion	Process of measuring metrical verse, that is, of making accented and unaccented syllables, dividing the lines into feet, identifying the metrical pattern, and noting significant variations fromthat pattern
Stanza	A group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout a poem
Stanzaic form	THe form taken by a poem when it is written in a series of units having the same number of lines and usually other characteristics in common, such as metrical pattern or rhyme scheme
Structure	Internal organization of poem's content
Refrain	A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines, normally at some fixed position
Speaker	Describes the character who speaks to the reader or an imagined audience in the poem

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