7th english
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Brenton123 on September 15, 2011
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Poetry terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds |
| end rhyme | rhyming words at the end of lines |
| internal rhyme | rhyme within a line |
| meter | rythem of poetry determined by number and length of feet in a line |
| caesura | a pause or break within a line of poetry |
| verse | a stanza of poetry, or it can mean poetry in general |
| iambic pentameter | A line of poetry that contains five iambic feet. |
| accent | prominence of a syllable |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| free verse | poetry without a set form or meter |
| sonnet | a 14 line poem usually written in iambic pentameter |
| couplet | two successive lines of a verse, forming a unit |
| Epigram | Short poem dealing with a single subject |
| Figure of speech | Form of expression |
| Hyperbole | Obvious exaggeration |
| Limerick | A five line verse or a series of such verses in which the subject matter tends to be lighthearted |
| Metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
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