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Term Definition
Alliteration The repeition of initial consonant sounds in words
Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants.
Ballad A poem in verse form that tells a story
Blank Verse An unrhymed form of poetry. Each line normally consists of 10 syllables in which every other syllable is stressed.
Caesura A pause or sudden break in a line of poetry.
Canto A main division of a long poem.
Consonance The repetition of consanant sounds.
Couplet A pair of lines of verse of the same length that usually rhyme.
End rhyme The rhyming of words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry
Enjambment The running over of a sentence or thought from one line to another.
Foot The smallest repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line.
Iambic An unstressed followed by a stressed syllable (repeat)
Anapestic Two unstressed followed by a stressed syllable (interrupt)
Trochaic A stressed followed by an unstressed syllable (older)
Dactylic A stressed followed by two unstressed syllables (openly)
Spondaic Two stressed syllables (heartbreak)
Pyrrhic Two unstressed syllables.
Free verse Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Haiku A form of Japanese poetry that has three lines: the first line has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third has five syllables.
Heroic couplet Consists of two successive rhyming lines that contain a complete thought
Internal rhyme Occurs when the rhyming words appear in the same line of poetry.
Lyric A short verse that is intended to express the emotions of the author
Meter The patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
Onomatopoeia The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning, as in clang, buzz, and twang.
Refrain The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of each stanza
Repetition The repeating of a word, a phrase, or an idea for emphasis or for rhythmic effect
Rhyme The similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words.
Rhythm The regular or random occurence of sound in poetry.
Sonnet A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter
Stanza A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains
Couple Two-line stanza
Triplet Three-line stanza
Quatrain Four-line stanza
Quintet Five-line stanza
Sestet Six-line stanza
Septet Seven-line stanza
Octave Eight-line stanza
Verse A metric line of poetry, named according to the kind of number and feet composing it.
Monometer one foot
Dimeter two feet
Trimeter three feet
Tetrameter four feet
Pentameter five feet
Hexameter six feet
Heptameter seven feet
Octometer eight feet

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Created May 26, 2007
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