Lit Poetry Flashcards
the correspondence of sound
rhyme
types of rhyme:
1. when the syllables are exactly alike
2. pairs words that are similar but slightly mismatched in sound
3. combines words that look alike but do not sound alike
- perfect rhyme
- slant rhyme
- eye rhyme
- rhyme that falls at the end of a line and in the middle and ends of words
- rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry
- end rhyme
- internal rhyme
the poem’s pattern of end rhyme
rhyme scheme
words that sound like what they mean
onomatopoeia
repetition of similar vowel sounds in a series of words
assonance
the repetition of initial consonant sounds
alliteration
the repetition of the final consonant sound
consonance
the specific combination of two or three stressed and/or unstressed syllables that repeats throughout the poem’s lines
poetic foot
u /
iambic
/ u
trochaic
u u /
anapestic
/ u u
dactylic
/ /
spondaic
the regular arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables; creates rhythm of a poem
meter