elements of poem Flashcards
the words that form a single line of poetry.
poetic line
a section of a poem named for the number of lines it contains.
stanza
when there is no written or natural pause at the end of a poetic line, so that the word-flow carries over to the next line.
enjambment
the way words and poetic lines are placed on the page of a poem.
placement
line in traditional poetry that is written in meter.
verse
rules of capitalization and
punctuation are not always followed; instead, they are at the service of the poet’s artistic vision.
capitalization and punctuation
the basic beat in a line of a poem.
rhythm
a pattern of stressed and unstressed (accented and unaccented)
meter
unstressed syllable followed by the stressed syllable
Iamb/Iambic
the opposite of the iamb i.e. the patter follows the stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
Trochee/Trochaic
STRESSED+ unstressed+unstressed syllable pattern
Dactyl/Dactylic
the pattern is unstressed+ unstressed + STRESSED syllable..
Anapest/Anapestic
STRESSED + STRESSED syllable pattern
Spondee/spondaic
same or similar sounds at the end of words that finish different lines.
end rhyme
same or similar sounds at the end of words within a line.
Internal Rhyme