Poetry Flashcards
the repetition at close intervals of the initial CONSONANT sounds of accented syllables (map moon, kill code, preach approve)
alliteration
repetition at close intervals of the VOWEL sounds of accented syllables
crying time; hop-scotch; great flakes; between trees; and, the kind knight rides by.
assonance
it has a meter that doesnt rhyme, iambic pentameter
blank verse
repetition at close intervals of the FINAL consonant sounds (book-plaque-thicker)
consonance
two successive lines linked by rhyme
couplet
rhymes that occur at the end of lines
end rhyme
line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually with punctuation (opposite of enjambment)
end stopped line
run on line, not natural pause at the end
enjambment
sonnet that rhymes abab cdcd efef gg
english/shakespearean sonnet
basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of verse, one accented syllable and one unaccented
foot
poetry with no fixed metrical pattern or expectation
free verse nonmetrical verse
metrical foot consisting of one UNaccented syllable followed by one Accented syllable (for example, rehearse)
Iamb
sonnet that has one octave rhyming abbaabba and a sestet with two or three additional rhymes cdcdcd (two) or cdecde (three)
deserve (A), dark (B), petrarch (B), preserve (A), serve (A), bark (B), spark (B), reserve (A)
italian/ petrarchan sonnet
regularized rhythm accents occur at apparently equal intervals
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DUM, da DUM
meter
first 8 lines in a sonnet
octave
1) four line stanza 2) four line division of a sonnet marked off by its rhyme scheme
quatrain
repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines, normally at some fixed position in a poem
refrain
any fixed pattern of rhymes characterizing a whole poem or it’s stanzas
rhyme scheme
The last six lines of a sonnet on the Italian model
sestet
A group of lines that has the meter (and rhyme scheme) which is repeated throughout a poem
stanza
