Device Of Sound Flashcards
Internal rhyme
Consist of the similarity occurring between two or more words in the same line of verse
Once using a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary
Masculine Rhyme
Occurs when one syllable of the word rhymes with another
Bend and send
Bright and light
Feminine Rhyme
The last two syllables of a word rhyme with another
Lawful and awful
Lighting and fighting
Triple Rhyme
When the last syllables if a word or line rhyme
Victorious and glorious
Battering and shattering
Quivering and shivering
Rhyme scheme
The patterns the rhyme occurs
A A B B C C D D
Alliteration
Repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line of verse
A tutor who tooted the flute
Tooters to toot
Onomatopoeia
Use of a word to represent or imitate natural sounds
Buzz crunch hiss
Assonance
Similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words
Lake and stake are rhyme
Lake and fate are assonance
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds within a line of verse
Doesn’t limit the repeated sound to the initial letter or word
Such a ride as seems asleep
Refrain
Repetition of one or more phrases or lines in a poem usually at the end one a stanza
Tobacco is a dirty weed
I like it
It satisfies no normal need
I like it
Repetition
Reiterating of a word or phrase with in a poem
End rhyme
Consist of similarities occurring at the end of two or more lines of verses
The door
And floor
But around
And ground
