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Poetic Terms- Eng. Final
Definitions from Writer's INC
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English
8th Grade
05/26/2007

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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words
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assonance
Definition
the repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants
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consonance
Definition
the repetition of consonant sounds; unlike alliteration, it is not limited to the first letters of words
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ballad
Definition
a poem in verse form that tells a story
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internal rhyme
Definition
when the rhyming words appear in the same line of poetry
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blank verse
Definition
a form of poetry with no ryhme but a rhythm
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free verse
Definition
a form of poetry with no ryhme nor rhythm
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sonnet
Definition
a poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter:
Shakespearean/Elizabethan
Italian/Petrarchan
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couplet
Definition
a two-line stanza
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enjambment
Definition
the running over of a sentence or thought from one line to the other
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foot
Definition
the smallest repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line
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meter
Definition
the patterned repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line
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verse
Definition
a metric line of poetry; named according to the kind and number of feet composing it
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rhythm
Definition
the regular or random occurrence of sound in poetry
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refrain
Definition
the repetition of a line or phrase of a poem at regular intervals, especially at the end of each stanza
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