| Term | Definition |
|---|
| petrarchan sonnet | abba abba cdcdcd |
| quatrain | grouping of 4 lines |
| droggerel | has rhythm and rhyme but no deep meaning |
| end-stopped | when a line ends in a normal way |
| enjambment | when the line break doesnt correspond with a natural break in the line |
| shakespearean sonnet | abab cdcd efef gg |
| perfect rhyme | when the last stressed syllable and everything that follows has the same sound |
| masculine rhyme | one syllable rhyme |
| feminine rhyme | two syllable rhyme |
| envelope rhyme | cddc |
| internal rhyme | rhyme that doesnt involve words at the end of lines |
| half rhyme | similar in sound but dont actually rhyme |
| assonance | vowel sounds are the same |
| consonance | consonant sounds are the same |
| iambic | u/u/u/u/u/ |
| tercet | 3 lines |
| wrenched rhyme | rhyme between stressed and unstressed syllables |
| sprung rhythm | rhythmic pattern in which each line has the same number of stresses |
Combine with other sets
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