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Assonance |
Takes place when two or more words close toone another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonantsounds. For instance, “Men sell the wedding bells.” Type of internal rhyme -Reticenceand penitence -"I must confess that in myquest I felt depressed and restless.” |
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Anaphora |
The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect. Used to lay emphasis on certain words (Biblical thing also) E.g. "To die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream" Ex. “This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England / This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings [. . .] -"The Tyger," William Blake |
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Onomatopoeia |
The formation of a wordfrom a sound associated with what is named Ex. "Boom,hiss, buzz, hiccup" |
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Apostrophe |
Where the poet addresses an abstract figure/person, idea, orthing. Often represented by “O!” |
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Anagram |
Anagrammatic poetry is poetry with the constrained formthat either each line or each verse is an anagram of all other lines or verses in the poem. Form of constrained writing Ex. “Gapes” and “pages” in a sentence |
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Couplet |
Element of form--two lines |
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Tercet |
Element of form--three lines |
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Quatrain |
Element of form--four lines |
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Sestet |
Element of form--6 lines |
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Octet (Octave) |
Element of form--8 lines |
