Structure of Poetry Flashcards
1
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Anaphora
A
a device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of neighbouring sentences
2
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Caesura
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a pause in a line of poetry
3
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Enjambment
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a thought or sense, phrase or clause in a line of poetry that does not come to an end at the line break, but moves over to the next line
4
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Epistrophe
A
a device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the ends of the clauses or sentences
5
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Juxtaposition
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the act of placing two things side by side for comparison
6
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Quatrain
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a set of four lines
7
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Rhyme
A
close similarity in the final sounds of two or more words or lines of writing
8
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Stanza
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a stanza is a division of four or more lines in a poem
9
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Volta
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the turning point of a poem
