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11th Grade
01/11/2011

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Single Rhyme
Definition
A rhyme of one syllable words or in words of more than one syllable, a rhyme of stressed final syllables
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Slant Rhyme
Definition
A rhyme in which the words have similar but not exactly the same rhyming sounds, or in which the final consonants are the same but the vowels differ.
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Sonnet
Definition
Alyric poem of 14 lines in iambic penameter following one of several possible rhyme schemes.
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Italian Sonnet
Definition
divided into 2 parts: and eight line section (octave) rhymed abba, abba, and a six line section (sestet) rhymed cde, cde.
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English Sonnet
Definition
Usually has 3 four line sections, each with its own rhyme scheme, and ends in a two line rhymed couplet
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Speaker
Definition
The person or persons who speaks the words of the poem.
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Stanza
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is a unified group of lines in poetry.
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Structure
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The way a poem is put together
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