poetry Flashcards
How is a rythm measured and described in poetry
meter
iambic foot (stress pattern)
unstressed, stressed
trochaic foot (stress pattern)
stressed, unstressed
anapestic foot
unstressed, unstressed, stressed
dactylic foot
stressed, unstressed, unstressed
spondaic foot
stressed, stressed
monometer
one foot
dimeter
two feet
trimeter
three feet
tetrameter
four feet
pentameter
five feet
hexameter
six feet
heptameter
seven feet
caesura
a strong pause within a line of verse
Enjambent
the continuation of the sense and gramatical construction from one line of poetry to the next. run on lines
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds EX: Magnificent Marvolous Marbles
Assonance
repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within a passsage (Internal rhyme)
consonance
repetition of consonant sounds ex: longer, linger, langour
couplet
two lines rhyming together
