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15 Cards in this Set
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foot
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measurable patterned unit of poetic rhythm ( two syllables)
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line
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single line of words in a poem
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sonnet
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14 line lyric powm of rhyming lines that has a specific meter (often dedicated to a lover)
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scan
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to find the number of feet, unstressed and stressed syllables, and the type of meter in a line
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meter
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number of feet in a line
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iamb
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type of foot that uses one unstressed and then one stressed syllable
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trochee
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type of foot that uses one stressed then unstressed syllable
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pentameter
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a line with five feet
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rhyme scheme
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a pattern of rhyme labeled with letters (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
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Italian sonnet
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sonnet that consists of an octave and a sestet
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octave
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first 8 lines of italian sonnet which consists of an ABBA ABBA rhyme scheme
presents images and the building of a case |
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sestet
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last 6 lines of italian sonnet that begins with a turn, then concludes the poem. conclusion typically reveals the true meaning. has a CDE CDE or CDC DCD rhyme scheme
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English (Shakespearean) sonnet
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poem with 3 quatrains and a couplet and the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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couplet
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pair of rhyming lines
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volta
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turn or change in the poem
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