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An Introduction to Poetry - 13th Edition
Chapters 7 - 9
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
10/31/2011

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Verse
Definition
Regular Rhythm ending in Rimes. Refers to ONE line of a poem.
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Rime Scheme
Definition
Any recurrent pattern or Rime; A - for first rime; B - for second, etc.
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Terminal Refrain
Definition
refrain appears at the END of the stanza
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Madrigals
Definition
a short secular song for three or more boices arranged in counterpoint. Love and Pastoral themes.
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Stanza
Definition
A recurring pattern in two or more lines; the paragraph in prose.
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Ballad
Definition
Compressed, dramatic, and objective in narrative style; a song that tells a story.
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folk ballads
Definition
Anonymous narrative songs in ballad meter; created for oral perforrmance resulting in many versions.
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Child Ballads
Definition
creations of oral folk culture in Francis J Child's book.
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ballad stanza
Definition
Four lines rimed abcb in which the first and thir lines have four metrical feet
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common meter
Definition
a variation rimed abab, usually in hymns
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Literary Ballads
Definition
not meant for singing.Written by sophistocated poet for educated readers.
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Blues
Definition
folk music about pain or loss. 3 line stanzas in which two identical lines are followed by a third concluding riming line.
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Rap
Definition
80's lyrics are spoken or chanted over a steady heavy metrical beat.
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Refrain
Definition
A repeated word, line or phrase done in intervals.
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Euphony
Definition
The sound of words working together with meaning pleases mind and ear. (think Euphoria)
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Cocaphony
Definition
A harsh, discordant effect. (opposite of euphoria)
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
attemt to represent a thing or action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it: Whiz crazh, bang, pitter-patter.
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Alliteration
Definition
A succession of similar Consonant sounds in a LINE of poetry
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Initial Alliteration
Definition
at the beginning of words: "cool cats" (aka Hidden Alliteration)
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Internal Alliteration
Definition
Internally on stressed syllables: the T's: "I meT a Traveler from an anTique land".
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Slant rime, (aka: Consonance, Near rime, Off Rime, Imperfect Rime)
Definition
Similar Consonants different vowels: Reason and Raisin; Mink and Monk; sometimes only end sounds are the same:Fame and Room (aka Slant Rime)
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Consonance
Definition
Similar Consonants different vowels: Reason and Raisin; Mink and Monk; sometimes only end sounds are the same:Fame and Room (aka Slant Rime)
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End Rime
Definition
occurs at the end of lines
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Masuline Rime
Definition
One syllable words (Fox and Socks), and polysyllabic words at the end of words (conTRIVE and surVIVE)
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Femanine Rime
Definition
rime two or more syllables with stress on other than the last syllable: TURtle and FERtile
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Eye-rime
Definition
spellings look alike but pronunciations differ: Rough and Dough; Idea and Flea
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New Formalists
Definition
in the last few decades, poets skillfully using rime again.
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Assonance
Definition
Repetition of two or more Vowel Sounds in succussive words: Initial ("All the AWful AUguries"); Internal ("whIte lIlacs")
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Internal Rime
Definition
occurs in the middle of a line of poetry
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Exact Rime
Definition
(Follow and Hollow)
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Rime
Definition
Two or more words that contain identical sounding Vowel Sounds (Woo and Stew)
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Stress (or Accent)
Definition
A greater amount of force given to one syllable in speaking.
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Cesura (aka Easura)
Definition
a light but definate pause in a line usually in the middle of a line.
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Run-on Line
Definition
does not end in punctuation, read only with a slight pause that carries on to the next line.
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Prosody
Definition
The study of metrical structures in poetry.
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SCANsion
Definition
Used to describe rhythmic patterns in a poem by separating the metrical feet, counting the syllables, marking the accents and indicating the cesuras. SCAN a line or poem by indicating the stresses in it to see what the poet is doing.
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Meter
Definition
Rhythmic pattern of stresses in verse. A Fixed Rhythm.
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Foot
Definition
Basic unit of measurement in metrical poetry. A unit of two or three syllables that contains one strong stress.
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Iambic
Definition
A line made up primarily of IAMBS, a metrical foot in which there is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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Anapestic
Definition
a line made up of anapests: A metrical foot, in which TWO unstressed syllables are followed by a stressed syllable.
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Trochaic
Definition
a line made up primarily of trochees:A metrical foot, in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
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Dactylic
Definition
a line made up primarily of dactyls: A metrical foot, in which one stressed syllable is followed by TWO unstessed syllables.
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Rising meters
Definition
(Iambic and Anapestic) movement rises from unstressed syllables to stress.
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Falling meters
Definition
(Dactylic and Trochaic) Movement from Stressed to unstressed syllables.
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Monosyllable foot
Definition
While in general terms a foot comprises one accented syllable and one or two unaccented ones, it is possible to have just the accented one on its own.
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Spondee
Definition
A metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
a line of Five Iambs. Most common meter in English verse. Many fixed forms use this: Sonnets and Heroic Couplets.
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Monometer
Definition
one foot
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dimeter
Definition
two feet
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trimeter
Definition
three feet
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tetrameter
Definition
four feet
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pentameter
Definition
five feet
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hexameter
Definition
six feet
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heptameter
Definition
seven feet
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octameter
Definition
eight feet
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Accentual Meter
Definition
the poet does not write in Feet, meter is based on the number of stresses per line, not the number of syllables.
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Rhythm
Definition
recurring pattern of stresses and pauses in a poem.
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Slack Syllable
Definition
the unstressed syllable in a line of verse.
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End-stopped line
Definition
A line of verse that ends in a full pause due to punctuation.
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