Poetry Zoomed Flashcards
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Refrain
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a line or group of lines repeated regularly or irregularly
2
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Verse
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term used to describe poetic lines composed in a measured rhythmical pattern, that are often, but not necessarily, rhymed
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Stanza
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section of poem/ like a paragraph in prose
4
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Meter
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When a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem, it is called meter.
5
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Rhythm
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term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry
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Rhyme
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repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the ends of lines
