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16 Cards in this Set
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duple meter
triple meter |
The line has only 2 syllabus
Or 3 syllables |
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iamb
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unsstr-STRESS
(i-AMB) |
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trochee
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STRESS-unst
(TROCH-ee) |
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anapest
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THREE-BEAT-TERM 1OF2
unst-unst-STRESS (an-a-PEST) |
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dactyl
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THREE-BEAT-TERM 1OF2
STRESS-unst-unst (DAC-tl-lll?) |
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spondee
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STRESS-STRESS
(SPON-DEE) (spon=strong?) DEEP-PEACE FOOT-BALL |
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pyrrhic
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unst-unst
('purr'-ric) |
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sestina
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A complicated verse form:
6 six-lined stanzas with a three-lined ENVOY at the end |
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epigram
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clever saying
"only those deserving of scorn are apprehensive of it" |
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epigraph
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quotation on a title page
or inscription, like on a grave |
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envoy
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conventionalized stanza at end of a poem, usually associated with the French BALLADE
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strophe
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a stanza, usually associated with irregular sections of the poem
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Synecdoche
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A TROPE where a part signifies whole
"15 hands" - For 15 field laborers |
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trope
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a figure of speech/method of speaking:
Irony, simile, paradox, metaphor, synecdoche |
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triplet/tercet
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both 3 lines of verse, the latter term is more associated with rhyme
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Terza Rima
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3 line stanzas where the middle line becomes the 1st and 3rd of the next tercet.
aba bcb cdc, and so on. |
