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Flashcards: Poetry Terms

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AlliterationRep of letters
AssonanceRep of vowels
Blank VerseNo Rhyme but has meter
Cacophonyharsh sounding
CadenceBeat , rhythm, flow
IambDa Dum Da Dum - last part of foot
ImageWhat you see in poem
Imageryuse of details to see picture
CaesuraPause in the line
ConceitReally long metaphor
Connotation2nd meaning of word
In Media Resstarts at middle of story
ConsonanceRep of Consonants
Controlling imageImage in head
CoupletTwo lines of poetry
Lyricdoesn't tell a story
DirgeSad poem about dead
DissonanceHarsh sounding
Dramatic monologueSpeech about feelings
ElegySad poem
End-stopped lineLine by line poem
EnjambmentRun on lines
EpicLife of a hero
EuphonySounds good
FootOne part of Poem
Free verseNo rhyme/ no meter
Meterarrangement of sounds
Octave8 lines of iambic pentameter
OdePraising something
Pentameterfive feet
Personamask or character in story
Quatrainstanza with four lines
Refrainrepeated part of the poem
Repetitionrepeating of words
End Rhymerhyme at end of line
External Rhymerhyme on the outside of poem
Feminine Rhymeunstressed at end of line
Internal Rhymerhyme within line
Masculine Rhymestressed at end of line
Scansionanalysis of poems pattern
Sestetsix lined poem
Sonneteight lines then six lines poem
English SonnetShakespeare ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Italian SonnetABBA CDC or CDDC
Stanzapart of poetry
Stressempahsis on syllable
Trocheestressed at end of word - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Voltaturn in poem