Poetry 20 elements

imperfect rhyme

(approximate or slant rhyme) involves words that sound similar, but are not exactly the same

Example: crooned/groaned, sun/gone

eye rhyme

rhyme that appears correct from spelling but does not rhyme because of pronunciation

ex: prove and love

end rhyme

Occurs between words found at the ends of two or more lines in a poem

Example: From my boyhood home I remember

A crystal moment in September

internal ryhme

between words, occurs within a single line of potery

example: O fleet, sweet sorrow

Rhythm

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, can be regular or iregular

meter

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

ryhme scheme

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

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the first end sound is represented with a, then next b, ETC

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Scansion

The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain

| iambic | foot

A two-syllable foot with stress on the second syllable; is the most common foot in the English language. Heartbeat or footfall (the way we walk)

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Two feet (1 foot)

Ex: Be low DE light

u /. u /

trochaic foot

/ U

A two-syllable foot with the stress on the first syllable

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/ U stressed, unstressed

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Ga. ther.

/. U.

spondaic foot

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/. /

Two stressed syllables

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Child hood

/. /

Pyrric foot

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U U

Two unstressed syllables; this type of foot is rare and is found in between other types of feet

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Of a

U U

anapestic foot

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U. U. /

Three syllables with the stress on the last syllable

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In. ter twine

U. U. /

dactylic foot

/ U U

Three syllables with the stress on the first syllable

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Hap Pi Ness

/. U. U

Metrical lines

Monometer: 1 foot per line

Dimeter: 2 feet per line

Trimeter: 3 feet per l ine

tetrameter: 4 feet per line

Pentameter: 5 feet per line

Hexameter: 6 feet per line

Heptameter: 7 feet per line

Octameter: 8 feet per line

Ryhmed Verse

Consists of a verse with end rhyme and regular meter

blank verse

Consists of unrhymed iambic pentameter

free verse

consists of lines that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme (not poetry)

Denotaion

The dictionary definition of a word

Connotation

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

perfect rhyme

involves words that sound similar, but are exactly the same

ex: love dove