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Flashcards: Poetry Vocabulary part 2

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assonancerepetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that do not end the same
euphonyrefers to language that is smooth and musically pleasant to the ear
cacophonylanguage that is discordant and difficult to pronounce
rhymerepetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines
end rhymemost common form of rhyme in poetry; the rhyme that comes at the end of the lines
internal rhymeplaces at least one of the rhymed words within the line
consonancecommon type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds
rhythma musical quality in language, produced by repetition
stressthe emphasis, or accent, given a syllable in proununciation
metera regular pattern of stressed an unstressed syllables
scansionprocess of measuring the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line
footmetrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured
linesequence of words printed as a separate entity on the page
iambicconsists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
trochaicconsists of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
anapestictwo unstressed syllables followed by one stressed one
dactylicone stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones
monometerone foot
dimetertwo feet
trimeterthree feet
tetrameterfour feet
pentameterfive feet
hexametersix feet
heptameterseven feet
octametereight feet
blank verseunrhymed iambic pentameter
spondeetwo syllable foot in which both syllables are stressed
caesurapause within a line (II)
formoverall structure or shape of a poem
free versepoems that do not conform to established patterns of meter, rhyme, and stanza
stanzaconsists of a grouping of lines, set off by a space, that usually has a set pattern of meter and rhyme
rhyme schemepattern of end rhymes
coupletconsists of two lines that usally rhyme and have the same meter
heroic coupletconsists of rhymed iambic pentameter
tercetthree-line stanza
tripletthree lines rhyme
quatrainfour-line stanza; most common stanzaic form in the English language and can have various meters and rhyme schemes
ballad stanzaconsists of alternating eight and six-syllable lines
sonnetpopular literary form in English since the sixteenth century
Italian (Petrarchan) sonnetdivided into an octave (abbaabba) and a sestet (cdecde)
octavepoetic stanza of eight lines; usually forming one part of a sonnet
sestetstanza consisting of exactly six lines
Shakespearean (English) sonnetorganized into three quatrains and a couplet; (abab cdcd efef gg)
elegylyric poem written to commemorate someone who is dead (at a funeral)
odecharacterized by a serious topic and formal tone