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