Poetry Vocabulary Flashcards
the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody).
Consonance
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible (e.g., penitence, reticence ).
Assonance
a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other.
Octave
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ).
Onomatopoeia
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Rhyme scheme
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
Couplet
a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
Iamb
the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line.
Meter
verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
Blank verse
a poem or other literary work in the form of a letter or series of letters.
Epistle
a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone
Epitaph
(in modern verse) a pause near the middle of a line
Caesura
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
Something written as something else
Simile
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor
