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25 Cards in this Set
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Cacophony
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Harsh Sound
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Cadence
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The beat or measure of a poem that follows a set rhythm
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Caesura
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pause in the line of a verse
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Conceit
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an exaggerated comparison
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Consonance
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the repetition of similar consonant sounds
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Couplet
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two consecutive rhyming lines of a verse
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foot
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two or more syllables that make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem
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iambic pentameter
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a type of meter in poetry in which the are 5 iambs in a line
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emjambent
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continuation of a complete idea from line to another
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feminine rhyme
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multi syllable rhyme that ends with one or more unstressed syllable
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masculine rhyme
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a rhyme that occurs in a final stressed syllable
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onomatopoeia
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a figure of speech where words are to imitate sounds
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pentameter
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line of poetry that has five metrical feet
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quatrain
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a stanza or poem with four lines
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scansion
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analysis of a poems meter
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sonnet
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a lyric poem that is 14 lines long
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Cacophony
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Harsh Sound
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Cadence
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The beat or measure of a poem that follows a set rhythm
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Caesura
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pause in the line of a verse
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Conceit
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an exaggerated comparison
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Consonance
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the repetition of similar consonant sounds
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consonance
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the close repetition of the same end consonants of stressed syllables with differing vowel sounds
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measure
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poetic rhythm or cadence as determined by the syllables in a line of poetry with respect to quantity and accent.
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octave
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an 8 line stanza
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end-stop line
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a line without enjambent
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