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13 Cards in this Set
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Assonance |
2 or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds |
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Cavalier poetry |
Poetry written by Cavaliers who were followers of Charles I and his doomed reign.has a "carpe diem" attitude. |
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Consonance |
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession such as in pitter, patter |
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Elegy |
Mournful poem written in remembrance of a loved one. Three stages: grief, praise of the dead, and consolation |
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Epigram |
A memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement. Commonly used in poetry |
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Epitaph |
Brief composition written to pay tribute to a deceased person |
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Falling meter |
Moving from stressed to unstressed syllables |
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Internal rhyme |
Middle words and ending words rhyme with each other. |
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Pathetic fallacy |
Attributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate objects of nature |
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Rime royal |
Seven-line iambic pentameter stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABBCC |
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Caesura |
A strong pause within a line of verse. |
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End-stopped line |
A metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary or break or with punctuation. It can also contain a complete phrase. |
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Parallel structure |
Repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that 2 or more ideas have the same level of importance. |
