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Elements of Poetry
*not on first test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ballad | a form of narrative verse, traditionally set to music or passed down orally, characterized by its storytelling nature, simple language, and dramatic, often tragic or romantic themes |
| couplet | a pair of consecutive, usually rhyming lines of verse with the same meter that form a single metrical unit |
| end rhyme | occurs when the last syllables within a verse rhyme |
| end stop | a poetic device where a line of verse ends with a natural pause, marked by punctuation (comma, period, semicolon) or a natural phrase break |
| enjambment | a poetic technique where a sentence, phrase, or clause continues across a line break, couplet, or stanza without terminal punctuation |
| free verse | a type of poetry that does not adhere to consistent meter, rhyme schemes, or musical patterns, instead following the natural rhythms of speech |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between internal phrases across multiple lines. |
| perfect rhyme | when two words have the same sound from the stressed vowel to the end of the word |
| quatrain | a stanza or poem consisting of exactly four lines, typically employing a specific rhyme scheme |
| slant rhyme | rhyming structures with words that share similar sounds but aren't exactly perfect rhymes |
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