the sounds of poetry Flashcards
rhyme
repetition or correspondence of the terminal sounds of words
- early english poetry: used alliteration instead of
rhyming - modern poetry: mostly in free verse
- later middle ages - 20th century: the music of rhyme
was central to both sound and formal conception in the
western world - rhyme= originally memory device; represent(ed) sense
of pattern, harmony, correspondence, symmetry and
order. → reminders of ‘cosmic harmony’ → less in
chaotic and fragmented modern world; also provides
sort of discipline for poet
end rhyme
when the last words in two or more lines rhyme with each other
rhyme scheme
a poems particular pattern of end rhymes
internal rhyme
word within a line rhymes with another word in the same or adjacent lines
perfect/true/full rhyme:
requires word to share consonant and vowel sounds
off/half/near/slant rhyme:
words share one but not the other
eye rhyme
words look like they should rhyme but dont
alliteration
repetition of usually initial consonant sounds through a sequence of words
consonance
repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the end of words or syllables without the correspondence of vowel sounds necessary to create rhyme
assonance
repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words with different endings
anaphora
repetition of the same word or series of words at or near the beginning of successive sentences or clauses
iamb/iambic
unstressed/unaccented syllable followed by stressed/accented one
trochee/trochaic
stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one
anapest/anapestic
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one
dactyl/dactylic
stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones
