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has a heavy stress followed by a light stress: ’ ˘ (battle, thunder, hero) |
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an extra syllable in an otherwise regulated metrical line. (The line “Such waltzing was not easy” is supposed to be in iambic trimeter, but it has one extra unstressed syllable.) |
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a pause within a line of verse. It is not counted as part of the metrical pattern. The following line has a clear caesura in the middle:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. |
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Obvious rhymes in words such as “wing” and “sing” are |
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When words are not true rhyming words but almost rhyme (“prawn” and “thrown”; “steep” and “tape”; “angle” and “tingle”; “moaning” and “drowning”; “penniless” and “wilderness”), |
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uses words of more than one syllable that end with a light stress (“pages” and “wages”; “I’m serious” and “delirious”; “on a mission” and “competition”). |
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words rhyme on a single stressed syllable (“wing” and “sing”; “dear” and “steer”; “conflate” and “debate”; “the void” and “annoyed”). |
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has a light stress followed by a heavy stress: ˘ ’ (again, enough, delight) |
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has one light stress followed by two heavy stresses: ˘ ’ ’ (to win big, I feel great, before dawn) |
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has three syllables, with stress on the middle syllable: ˘ ’ ˘ (unsightly, disastrous, repulsive) |
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has two equal heavy stresses: ’ ’ (drop dead, bon-bons) |
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has two light stresses followed by a heavy stress: ˘ ˘ ’ (intercept, overwhelm, in a pinch, on the sly, from behind) |
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has a heavy stress followed by two light stresses: ’ ˘ ˘ (adamant, thunderbolt, nunnery) |
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descriptive language, 5 senses MS H SOAP |
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Regular patterns of accent that underline metrical vers |
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Basic unit of measurement of verse; usually contains one accented syllable and 1 or 2 unaccented syllables |
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Metrical foot consisting of on unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable |
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Line of verse consisting of 5 metrical feet |
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a narrative poem written as a series of quatrains (four lines per stanza). Most ballads can be sung. The "story" of a ballad can be a wide range of subjects but is usually about folklore or popular legends. |
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