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Poetic Terms and Devices AB JS ES PART 3
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05/09/2011

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half rhyme
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noun;A near rhyme; also, an apocopated rhyme in which the rhyme occurs only on the first syllable of the rhyming word
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off rhyme
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noun;a near rhyme, such as 'down/noon', 'seat/fate'
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slant or imperfect rhyme
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noun;rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical
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rhyme scheme
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–noun
the pattern of rhymes used in a poem,
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rhythm
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noun;the arrangement of words into a more or less regular sequence of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables
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run-on line
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pronoun; incomplete syntax at the end of the line
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sestet
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noun;the last six lines of a sonnet
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sestina
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noun;a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
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simile
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–noun
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared
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sonnet
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noun;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,
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Shakespearean or English sonnet
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noun;a poem of 14 lines that form 3 quatrains followed by a couplet
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Petrarchan or Italian sonnet
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noun; a poem of 14 lines that divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet),
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spondee
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noun; a foot of two syllables,
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stanza
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noun; an arrangement of a certain number of lines
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style
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noun;the way you write a poem
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symbol
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noun; an object, person, idea, etc, used in a literary work, film, etc, to stand for or suggest something else with which it is associated either explicitly or in some more subtle way
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tercet
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noun; a group of three lines rhyming together
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theme
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noun; a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic
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title
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noun; the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture,
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tone
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noun; quality or character of sound.
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trochee
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noun; a foot of two syllables,
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