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27 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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The repetition of initial consonant sound in words
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
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Ballad
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A poem in verse form that tells a story
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Blank verse
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An unrhymed form of poetry. Each line normally consists of 10 syllables in which every other syllable is stressed
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Caesura
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A pause or sudden break in a line of poetry
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Canto
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A main division of a long poem
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Consonance
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The repetition of consonant sounds. Although it is similar to alliteration, consonance is not limited to the first letter of words
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Couplet
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A pair of lines of verse of the same length that usually rhyme
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End rhyme
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The rhyming of words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry
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Enjambment
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The running over of a sentence or thought from one line to another
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Foot
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The smallest repeated pattern of stressed or unstressed syllables in a poetic line
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Free verse
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Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
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Haiku
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A form of Japanese poetry that has three lines: the first line has five syllables, the second has seven syllables, and the third has five syllables. The subject of the haiku has traditionally been nature.
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Heroic couplet
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Two successive rhyming lines that contain a complete thought
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Internal rhyme
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When the rhyming words appear in the same line of poetry
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Lyric
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A short verse that is intended to express the emotions of the author
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Meter
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The patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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Onomatopoeia
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the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning, as in clang, buzz, and twang
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Refrain
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The repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of each stanza
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Repetition
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The repeating of a word, a phrase, or an idea for emphasis or for rhythmic effect
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Rhyme
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The similarity or likeness of sound existing between two words.
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Rhythm
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The regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry. Regular rhythm is called meter. Random occurrence of sound is called free verse.
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Sonnet
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A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter
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ITALIAN (PETRARCHAN) SONNET
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ITALIAN (PETRARCHAN): an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines), usually rhyming abbaabba, cdecde. Often, a question is raised in the octave and answered back in the sestet.
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SHAKESPEAREAN (ENGLISH/ ELIZABETHAN) SONNET
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SHAKESPEAREAN (ENGLISH OR ELIZABETHAN) three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet. The rhyme scheme is abab, cdcd, efef, gg. Usually, the question or theme is set forth in the quatrains while the answer or resolution appears in the final couplet.
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Stanza
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A division of poetry named for the number of lines it contains
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Verse
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A metric line of poetry. It is named according to the kind and number of feet composing it
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