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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
ex. terrible truths and lullaby lies |
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| making reference without explicit identification to a literary person, place or thing |
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comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship
ex. hot is to cold as fire is to ice |
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meter having two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed
ex. cig-a-RETTE |
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| deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses or paragraphs |
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repetition of identical or similar vowels
ex. hear the mellow wedding bells |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter, metrical verse with no ending rhyme |
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| pause for effect in the middle of a line of poetry (period, dash, semicolon etc.) may or may not affect the meter (in scansion represented by // ) |
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| a pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter, may be a separate stanza |
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a metrical foot of three syllables, one stressed followed by two unstressed
ex. half a league, half a league, half a league, onward |
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| the continuation of a sentence of phrase across a line break, as opposed to an end-stopped line |
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| verse without formal meter of rhyme patterns, relies on natural rhythms of everyday speech |
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| a line containing six metrical feet |
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a foot consisting of two syllables where the first is short and the second is long
Ex. beSIDE |
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| clarity of language compared to abstractism of romanticism |
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| versus that were written to be sung, contemporary meaning the “I” form where the poet expresses their feelings |
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| a term of phrase is applied to something to which is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance |
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| the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry, rhythm |
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figure of speech where the name of the object being described is substituted for something closely related to it
Ex. ‘the crown’ for ‘the monarchy’
‘the press’ for newspapers
‘the bench’ for judiciary |
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| refers to the repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of poetry |
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a way of varying poetic meter by taking a single foot of the normal meter and replacing it with a foot of a different meter
Ex. Going from “light heavy” pattern of stress to “heavy light” or two stresses. |
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| an eight-line stanza or poem |
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the use of words to imitate non-verbal sounds
Ex. hiss, bang, pow |
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a statement that is seemingly true yet contradictory
Ex. Jumbo shrimp |
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| a poetic line of five feet, the most common poetic line in English |
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figurative language which attributes human qualities to ideas or things
Ex. “Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.” |
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| metric foot comprising two unstressed syllables |
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| a stanza comprising of four lines |
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the effect produced when similar vowel sounds chime together and where the finl consonant sound is in agreement
Ex. cat and bat |
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a pattern made by placing words which end in similar sounds at the end of lines
Ex. Shakespearean sonnet = three quatrains a b a b c d c d e f e f closing couplet g g |
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| the metrical or rhythmical pattern in a poem |
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| analysis of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem in order to establish meter |
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| usually an unrhymed poem consisting of six stanzas made up of six lines each, employs word repetition rather than rhyme, the last word of each line in the first stanza is repeated in a different order in the following five stanzas |
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| the comparison of two objects using “like” or “as” |
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| a fourteen-line poem usually in iambic pentameters consisting of an octave and sestet. Octave presents and develops the theme while the sestet reflects and brings the poem to a conclusion |
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| imaginary speaker assumed by the poet |
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| a metrical foot of two stressed syllables usually used to vary other feet such as iambs [weak strong] or trochees [strong weak]. |
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| saying certain syllables or words in a line with more emphasis or volume |
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| verse whose meter is determined by the number and alternation of its stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| can be anything that stands for or represents a meaning or understanding beyond its literal definition |
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part of speech where a part is made to stand for the whole
Ex. ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.’ |
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the perception or description of one kind of sense impression in words, normally used to describe a different sense
Ex. “sweet voice” or a “velvety smile” |
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| poetic line with 4 metrical feet (therefore, 8-12 syllables in a line) |
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| expresses the author’s attitude toward his or her subject |
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| a poetic line with three metrical feet (therefore, 6 or 9 syllables) |
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| poetic line created with 1 accented and 1 unaccented syllable |
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