| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhymes that occur at the ends of the peom. Ex: AABB ABAB AABBA |
| triple rhyme | a three syllable rhyme. Ex: glorious, victorious |
| double rhyme | a two syllable rhyme. Ex: daughter, water |
| Single rhyme | a one syllable rhyme. Ex: night, sight |
| Internal rhyme | when one or both of the rhyming words is located at the beginning or middle of the line |
| Pure rhyme | the final sounds of the two words are exactly alike. Ex: funny, sunny |
| Slant rhyme | Also called half rhyme. Occurs when the final sounds of the two words are similar, but not exactly alike. Ex: calm, long |
| End rhyme | the two rhyming words are at the end of each line |
| Metrical lines | The amount of feet per line. Monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptometer, octometer. |
| Dactyl | stressed, unstressed, unstressed. Ex: Love again, sing again |
| Trochee | stressed, unstressed. Ex: Double double, toil and trouble. |
| Anapest | unstressed, unstressed, stressed. Ex: i will walk, i will talk |
| Iamb | unstressed, stressed. Ex: she went to town, to buy a gown |
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