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| The arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented (or stressed) syllables. |
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| Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. |
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| A metrical foot of two syllables, one short (or unstressed) and one long (or stressed). |
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| A metrical foot of two syllables, one long (or stressed) and one short (or unstressed). |
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| A metrical foot of two syllables, both of which are long (or stressed). |
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| A metrical foot of three syllables, one long (or stressed) followed by two short (or unstressed), as in happily. |
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| A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed), as in 'twas the night and to the moon. The anapest is the reverse of the dactyl. |
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| a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses |
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| rhyme which occurs within a single line of verse |
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| Approximate (slant) Rhyme |
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| rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours. |
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| a similarity in spelling between words that are pronounced differently and hence, not an auditory rhyme. An example is the pair slaughter and laughter. |
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| A multi-syllable rhyme that ends with one or more unstressed syllables: paper/vapor, vacation/proclamation. |
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| A rhyme that occurs in a final stressed syllable: cat/hat, endow/vow, observe/deserve. |
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| a line is repeated in a changed context or with minor changes in the repeated part. |
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| Two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme. |
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| In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought. |
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| are any three lines of poetry, whether as a stanza or as a poem, rhymed or unrhymed, metered or unmetered. |
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| A stanza or poem of four lines. |
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| A lyric poem that is 14 lines long. Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnets are divided into two quatrains and a six-line "sestet," with the rhyme scheme abba abba cdecde (or cdcdcd). English (or Shakespearean) sonnets are composed of three quatrains and a final couplet, with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. English sonnets are written generally in iambic pentameter. |
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| in poetry, a group of verses that form a distinct unit within a poem |
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