Quizlet Poetry terms & scansion

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  1. Anapest: unstressed, unstressed, stressed. Ex: i will walk, i will talk
  2. Dactyl: stressed, unstressed, unstressed. Ex: Love again, sing again
  3. double rhyme: a two syllable rhyme. Ex: daughter, water
  4. End rhyme: the two rhyming words are at the end of each line
  5. Iamb: unstressed, stressed. Ex: she went to town, to buy a gown
  6. Internal rhyme: when one or both of the rhyming words is located at the beginning or middle of the line
  7. Metrical lines: The amount of feet per line. Monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptometer, octometer.
  8. Pure rhyme: the final sounds of the two words are exactly alike. Ex: funny, sunny
  9. Rhyme scheme: the pattern of rhymes that occur at the ends of the peom. Ex: AABB ABAB AABBA
  10. Single rhyme: a one syllable rhyme. Ex: night, sight
  11. Slant rhyme: Also called half rhyme. Occurs when the final sounds of the two words are similar, but not exactly alike. Ex: calm, long
  12. triple rhyme: a three syllable rhyme. Ex: glorious, victorious
  13. Trochee: stressed, unstressed. Ex: Double double, toil and trouble.