Poetry techniques Flashcards
Close repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
unrhymed iambic pentameter
blank verse
A deliberate rhetorical, grammatical, or rhythmic pause, break, cut, turn, division, or pivot in poetry.
Caesura
Close repetition of consonant sounds–anywhere within the words.
Consonance
Stanza of 2 lines; often, a pair of rhymed lines.
couplet
Continuation of sense and rhythmic movement from one line to the next; also called a “run-on” line.
Enjambment
The rhythmic measure of a line.
meter
Words that sound alike, especially words that end in the same sound.
Rhyme
A repeated line within a poem, similar to the chorus of a song.
Refrain
The beat and movement of language (rise and fall, repetition and variation, change of pitch, mix of syllables, melody of words).
Rhythm
Full stop at the end of a line
end stop
