Poetic techniques Flashcards
Stanza
A ‘Stanza’ is a verse of a poem
Metre
Is rhythm in a poem. It is a system describing what we can measure about the audible features of a poem.
Rhyme
A rhyme is a correspondence of sound between words or ending of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines in poetry.
Line
Each stanza is made up of eight lines
Alliteration
The occurenced of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected
Consonance
A combination of notes which are in harmony with each other, due to the relationship between their frequencies.
Assonance
Type of alliteration of words combined of vowel sounds
Repetition
The repeating of a passage or note
Sibilance
Sibilance is a device used in writing where strongly stressed consonants are created deliberately by producing air from vocals tracts through the use of lips and tongue.
Juxtaposition
The fact of two things being seen or placed together with contrasting effect.
Caesura
A pause in a line of poetry that is formed by the rythms of natural speech rather than by metrics.
Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence or clause over a line break. This is one way of creating audible interest.
Oxymoron
Combines two, usually contrdictory, terms in a compressed paradox.
Simile
Is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature.
Metaphor
A metaphor also compares two things , but it does so more directly.
