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| The repetition of similar or identical consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words. |
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| The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. |
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| A four-line stanza rhymed abcb in which lines one and three have four feet and lines two and four have three feet. |
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| Unrhymed iambic pentameter. |
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| A metrical foot of three syllables, including an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables. |
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| A line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, comma, colon, semicolon, exclamation point, or question mark are ___________ lines. |
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| Poetry that is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical. |
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| Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc, usually containing a complete thought in the two-line unit. |
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| A line containing six feet. |
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| A two-syllable foot with an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable. The most common foot in English poetry. |
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| Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end. |
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| The use of words whose very sound suggests their actual meaning. Examples include "buzz," "hiss," and "honk." |
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| A line containing five feet. The iambic one is the most common line used in English verse that was written before 1950. |
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| A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc, which was used by Chaucer and other medieval poets. |
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| A poem written in iambic pentameter, normally composed of fourteen lines. The conventional Italian, or Petrarchan, one is rhymed abba, abba, cde, cde; the English, or Shakespearean, one is rhymed abab, cdcd, efef, gg. |
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| A repeated grouping of three or more lines, usually with the same meter and rhyme scheme. |
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| A three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc. |
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