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13 Cards in this Set
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End Rhyme
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repetition of identical sounds at the end of successive lines, alternating lines, or in only the second and fourth lines of a four-line stanza
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mother, another
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Slant Rhyme, Off Rhyme, Near Rhyme
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sounds that are close but not exact duplicates of one another
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seen/been, ill/all
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Rhyme Scheme
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pattern of rhyming words within a given stanza or poem
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a
a b b c c d d d d |
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Assonance
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repetition of similar vowel sounds
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earth, hearth; willow, yellow
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Consonance
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repetition of consonants appearing within a line or at the end of words
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odds and ends; struts and frets; ending in -(e)d and -l
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Meter and Rhythm
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Meter = Measure
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(poetic) Feet
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consist of two syllables (DISYLLABIC)or three syllables (TRISYLLABIC)
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U
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unstressed syllable
stressed syllable |
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iamb(ic)
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two syllable foot
first syllable unstressed, second syllable stressed |
u -
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trochee (trochaic)
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two syllable foot
first syllable stressed, second syllable unstressed |
- u
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dactyl(ic)
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three syllable foot
one stressed syllable, two unstressed syllables |
- u u
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anapest(ic)
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three syllable foot
two unstressed syllables, one stressed syllable |
u u -
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scansion
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process of analyzing meter
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scanning poems you read (enables you to discuss in essay how meter contributes to the meaning and effect of the poem in question
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