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| repitition of initial consonant sounds. |
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| repition of vowel sounds, not letters, within 2 or more words in close proximity. The effect is the words are emphasized. |
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| the use of words whose sound suggests its meaning. |
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| harsh or discordant sound pattern deliberately used by a poet. |
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| a pleasurable blending of sounds of work. |
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| similarity of sound existing between two words. |
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| rhyming words appear in the same line of poetry. |
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| only final & stressed syllables correspond. |
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| stressed sounds are followed by identical unstressed sounds. |
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| slant-rhymes/half-rhymes/off-rhymes |
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| rhymes merely approximate rhyme. |
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| rhythmical patterns in poetry, determined by the number and types of stresses or beats in a line. |
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| a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem or stanza. |
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| 1) makes lines into a unit of thought. Usually every stanza is a unit of thought. 2) adds a consonance - repitition of consonant sounds within 2 words in close proximity. |
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| a rhyming pattern of 3 lines in iambic pentameter. |
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| syllable foot - It is 1 syllable, accented or unaccented. |
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| any functioning group of words. |
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| poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme. |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter. |
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| 2 successive rhyming lines which contain a complete thought, usually written in iambic pentameter. |
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| the running over of a sentence or thought from one verse or line to another. |
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| a division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains. |
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| the repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals, esp. at end of each stanza. |
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| a pause or sudden break in a line of poetry, determined by sense and grammatical structure of the line. Generally not called caesura if at end of line. marked by 2 diagonal lines // |
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| refers to a line that ends with a comma, semi-colon or period. |
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| a unit of meter which denotes the combinaiton of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
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| the marking of feet in a line of poetry. the analysis of verse to show its meter. |
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| a division of a long poem. |
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| a long narrative poem about the adventures of gods or of a great hero. |
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| a brief, witty poem or saying often dealing with its subject in a satirical manner. |
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| a short poem or verse written in memory of someone. |
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| a formal poem mourning the death of a certain individual. |
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| a form of Japanese poetry which has 3 lines; the first line 5 syllables, the 2nd has 7 syllables, and the 3rd has 5 syllables. It is usually written in iambic pentameter. |
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| a light, humorous verse of 5 lines with an aabba rhyme scheme. |
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| a short verse which is intended to express the emotions of the author, quite often set to music. |
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| a serious, lyric poem, elevated in tone, written to someone or something. |
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| this poem has 2 parts: an octave of 8 lines and a sestet of 6 lines, rhyming abbaabba, cdecde. |
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| this poem has 3 quartrains and a final rhyming couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab, cdcd, efef, gg. |
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| a poem consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter. |
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