Poetic Devices - Part 3 Flashcards
ballad
a poem/text/story passed down by speech not written
blank verse
un-rhyming verse in iambic pentameter lines
couplet
a pair of end-rhymed lines of verse that are self contained in grammatical structure and meaning
dramatic monolouge
written in the firm of a speech of an individual character
end rhyme
a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses
end stopped line
a metrical line ending at a grammatical boundary or break
free verse
verse with irregular line length, rhyming (if at all) irregualry
half-rhyme
2 words where only their final constants have common sounds
internal rhyme
rhyme between a word within the line and another at the line end or within another line
line break
the end of a line and beginning of a new line
quatrain
a 4-line stanza
sonnet
a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines
