Rhyme Flashcards

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Poetry definitions

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Closed form: ​

Poetry with a regular, repeated structure​

Uses rhyme, set numbers of syllables, etc.​

Free verse (more on this next week):​

Everything else​

No set/repeated form​

Prose Poem:​

A poem that consists of passage(s) of prose​

Where poetry meets flash fiction

Enjambed line:​

No punctuation at the end​

End-stopped line:​

Punctuation at the end​

Perfect rhyme:​

Exact correspondence between rhyme words​

The most audible rhyme

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Takeaways

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Your use of rhyme needs to be complex rather than naïve​

Don’t rhyme just because​

Use rhyme to create meaning, impact, effects…

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