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quatrain
a four-line stanza
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end-stopped lines
a line ending with a punctuation break
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Caesura
where a piece of punctuation is used in a line instead of at the end
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linear structure
where something progresses straight from end of a poem to another
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cyclical structure
where ideas from the beginning are reflected at the end
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falling meter
one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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rising meter
one unstressed syllables followed by two stressed syllables
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Tone
the overall mood of a poem
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Assonance
where similar sounds are used together for effect
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Sibilance
where sounds such as ‘s’, ‘sh’ and ‘z’ are used near each other for effect
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onomatopoeia
where a word mimics a sound
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hard or soft consonants
hard consonants have vowel sounds, soft consonants float into higher frequencies
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masculine rhyme
a rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syallables
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feminine rhyme
a rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syallables
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Motif
a repeated idea used throughout a poem
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monometer
one foot
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dimeter
two feet
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trimeter
three feet
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tetrameter
four feet
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pentameter
five feet
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hexameter
six feet
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falling meter
one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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rising meter
one unstressed syllables followed by two stressed syllables
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Quintet
a five-line stanza
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Sestet
a six-line stanza
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Septet
a seven-line stanza
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Octave
an eight-line stanza
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tercet
a poetic unit of three lines
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Metre
the basic rhythmic structure of a stanza or group of lines
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Voice
the ways in which the imaginary speaker of a poem is presented
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alternate rhyme
ABAB
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iambic (iamb)
a metrical foot containing two syllables—the first is unstressed, while the second is stressed: That **time** of **year** thou **mayst** in **me**be**hold** (x /)
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abstract images
images meant to represent concepts and emotions
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pathetic fallacy
where weather reflects the mood of a poem
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Pararhyme
a partial rhyme between words with the same pattern of consonants but different vowels
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