Poetry Structure And Form Flashcards by 12D2Sam Bennison

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Contrast

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Comparison showing differences

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Ending

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The end of the poem (last stanza)

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Enjambment

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Breaking up lines

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Juxtaposition

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Two ideas together which contrast

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Line length

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How long each line of the poem is

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Punctuation

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Marks to seperate clauses and give clear meaning

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Repetition

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Repeating a word more than once

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Rhyme

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When words sound similar

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Rhythm

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Patterns of rhyme in a poem

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Stanza

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A group of lines in a poem

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Title

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The name of a poem

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Voice

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The sound of a poem/how it’s said

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Free verse

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No set rhythm or metre

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Metre

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Rhythm within the line

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Rhyme scheme

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Patterns of rhyme in a poem (ABAB)

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Rhyming couplet

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Two lines which end with two words that rhyme

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Half rhyme

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When two words sound slightly similar

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Sonnet

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A Shakespearean poem written typically about love

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Dramatic monologue

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First person perspective

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Caesura

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Break between words within a metrical foot