Rhyme and other sound devices

end rhyme

Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry. (most common)

internal rhyme

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next.

rhyme scheme

pattern of rhymes within a unit of verse; in analysis, each end rhyme-sound is represented by a letter.

Masculine rhyme (single rhyme)

rhyme in which only the last, accented syllable of the rhyming words correspond exactly in sound; most common kind of end rhyme

feminine rhyme (double rhyme)

Rhyme in which two consecutive syllable of the rhyme-words correspond, the first syllable carrying the accent

Half rhyme (slant rhyme)

imperfect, approximate rhyme (sun/sea/scud/beaks)

assonance

repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line.

consonance

Repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a line.

alliteration

Repetition of two or more initial consonant sounds

Onomatopoeia

the use of words that imitate sounds

euphony

the use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce pleasing, melodious effect

cacophony

The use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect.

enjambment (run-on line)

a run-on-line, one continuing into the next without grammatical breaks.

end-stopped line

a line that ends in a grammatical break prior to the next line.

meter

Poem's rhythm, or it's pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

iamb (iambic)

unstressed, stressed (/ u)

Trochee (trochaic)

stressed, unstressed (u /)

anapest (anapestic)

unstressed, unstressed, stressed (uu/)

Dactyl (Dactylic )

stressed, unstressed, unstressed (/uu)

spondee (spondaic)

stressed, stressed (//)

metric feet

specific sequence of syllables in a verse of poetry -Monometer -Dimeter -Trimeter -Tetrameter -pentameter -Hexameter -heptameter -Octometer

Scansion

analysis of mechanical elements within a poem to determine meter

stressed syllable

part of the word that is emphasized when said aloud

unstressed syllable

the part of the word that you don't emphasize or accent

cononant blends

st in fast; nd in bend; fr in from; sl in slip;

Caesura

A pause of break with a line of poetry (middle)

Anacrusis

an extra unaccented syllable at the beginning of a line before the regular meter begins

catalexis

an extra unaccented syllable at the ending of a line after the regular meter ends, or the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.

lyric poetry

Personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker's thoughts and feelings about the subject

sonnet

a poem of 14 lines of iambic pentameter

Ode

A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.

elegy

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

epigram

short satirical/witty statement in a verse

ballad

A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style.

redonilla

spanish verse form -quatrains -trochaic tetameter -abab or abba

decima

spanish verse form -10 line stanzas -regular rhyme -octosyllabic

free verse

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter