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poetry definitions
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Language - French
Undergraduate 3
04/09/2014

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Term
Un vers
Definition
a line of poetry
Term
Une strophe
Definition
a stanza
Term
un alexandrin
Definition
a line of 12 syllables
Term
un decasyllabe
Definition
line of 10 syllables
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un octosyllabe
Definition
a line of 8 syllables
Term
un dizain
Definition
a ten verse poem or stanza
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un tarcet
Definition
a three verse stanza
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un douzain
Definition
a 12 verse stanza
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un distique
Definition
a two verse stanza
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la cesure
Definition
pause after 6th syllable in an alexandrin. Le cesure divdes the alexandrin into two hemistiches
Term
L'haitus
Definition
when two vowels are pronounced and counted (example: tu es)
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l'enjambement
Definition
when the idea is continued in a second run-on line
Term
la rime
Definition
rhyme
Term
l'assonnance
Definition
when lines end with the same accented vowel (example : ame - sable)
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Rime pauvre
Definition
when lines only have in common the same final vowel (bon - ton)
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rime suffisante
Definition
when lines have the same final vowel and one other element, before or after (longs - violons)
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Rime riche
Definition
when lines have the same final vowel and two or more elements, one of which must be the consonne d'appui which precedes the vowel (recente - puissante)
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rime feminine
Definition
when it ends with an e muet (trone - jaune)
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rime masculine
Definition
when it ends with a final accented vowel or consonne (felicite - clarte)
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Rimes plates
Definition
aabb
Term
rimes croisees
Definition
abab
Term
rimes embrassees
Definition
abba
Term
Vers libre
Definition
not following the traditional rules regarding length of lines and arrangement of rhymes but retaining the syllabic bases of meter (example: La fontaine)
Term
vers pairs
Definition
lines with an even number of syllables
Term
vers impairs
Definition
lines with an odd number of syllables
Term
Le rondeau
Definition
forme fixe. Poeme bref (9 -15 vers) compose de trois strophes et construit sur deux rimes. Le premier vers est repris deux fois en refrain
Term
la ballade.
Definition
Forme fixe. Poeme de quatre strophes construit sur trois ou quatre rimes.Les trois premiers strophes ont le meme nombre de vers, le meme metre et les memes rimes. Le poeme se termine par une demi strophe ou envoi, en forme de dedicace adressee a un "Prince". Le dernier vers de la premiere strophe revient comme un refrain a la fin des trois strophes suivantes
Term
le sonnet
Definition
forme fixe. Poeme compose de 14 vers, divisees en deux quatrains (stropes de 4 vers) et deux tarcets (strophes de 3 vers). la disposition des rimes dans les quatrains suit presque toujours le schema: abba/abba. La disposition des rimes dans les tarcets est generalement: ccd/eed (ou ede).
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