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Flashcards: Poetry Terms 1

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poetrya type of literature in which words are chosen and arranged to create a certain effect
rhythmpattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
free versepoetry that does not contain a regular pattern
metera regular pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in a line of poetry
iambic pentametermetrical line of five feet or units, each of which is made up of two syllables, the first unstressed and second stressed
rhymethe occurrence of a similar or identical sound at the ends of two or more words, such as heat, suite, and complete. End rhyme occurs at the ends of lines and internal rhyme occurs within a line.
rhyme schemea pattern of end rhyme in a poem
stanzaa grouping of two or more lines in a pattern that is repeated throughout a poem
coupleta rhymed pair of lines