Structural devices Flashcards
Verse or stanza
Group of lines within a poem
Juxtaposition
Placing something near/ next to
Disjointed sentence structures
Sentences that are broken/ incomplete
Enjambment
Line of poetry which is not end-stopped, so it runs onto the next line
Blank verse
Unrhymed
Free verse
Free from conventions of regular patterns/ line lengths
Refrain
repeated verse in poetry like a chorus
Sonnet
Love poem, 14 lines, regular rhyme scheme, unrhymed iambic pentameter
Elegy
Mournful song or poem lamenting the death of a particular person
Epitaph
Words inscribed on a tomb or a headstone
Iambic pentameter
Ten beats per line
Rhyming couplets
A pair of rhymed lines
Quatrain
A group of four lines
Dramatic monologue
A poem where a person is speaking, not the poet
Cyclical structure
Structure completes a cycle
