Poetic Structure Flashcards by Alaa Al | Brainscape

Q

6 line stanza

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Sestet

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ABBA

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Enclosed rhyme

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Giving human traits to a non-human object

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Personification

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A running line with no punctuation in the end

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Enjambment

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ABA BAB

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Terza Rima

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A speaker telling a story

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Dramatic monologue

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Two line group of poetry

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Couplet

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Poetry that does not have a regular pattern

A

Free verse

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Q

Seven line stanza

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Octet

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ABAB

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Alternate rhyme

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Eight line stanza

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Octave

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Giving something human characteristics

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Anthropomorphism

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Q

A word that resembles the sound it describes

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Onomatopoeia

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The repeating of a word or phrase

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Repetition

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Repetition of a word or phrase at the start of the poem

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Anaphora

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