sound device and poetry

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structure
the arrangement of ideas, images, sentences, etc. that make up a poem's internal ordering
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form
external ordering of a poem such as length, length of line, rhyme scheme
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blank verse
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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free verse
unrhymed lines without regular rhythm
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lyric poetry
reflective poetry which reveals the poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression
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narrative poetry
verse which relates a story or narrative
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epic poetry
a long, narrative poem which gives the account of a hero important to their nation or race
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sonnet
fixed form of lyric poetry consisting of 14 lines of iambic pentameter.
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english sonnet
usually 3 quatrains and a concluding couplet, rhyming abab or abba
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italian sonnet
an octave and sestet, between which a transition occurs called a volta or turn , rhyming abba cde cde
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iamb
unstressed, stressed
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troche
stressed, unstressed
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spondee
stressed, stressed
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anapest
unstressed, unstressed, stressed
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dactyl
stressed, unstressed, unstressed
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couplet
2 lines
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tercet
3 lines
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quatrain
4 lines
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cinquain
5 lines
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sestet
6 lines
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septet
7 lines
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octave
8 lines
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caesura
a pause in the meter/rhythm of a line
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enjambment
a run on line, oe continuing into the text without a grammatical break
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assonance
repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line
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consonance
repetition of consonant sounds in a line
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alliteration
repetition of two or more initial sounds in words within a line
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onomatopoeia
the technique of using a word whose sound suggests its meaning
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euphony
the use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce pleasing, melodious effect
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cacophony
the use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect
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end rhyme
rhyme occurring at end of verse line
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internal rhyme
rhyme contained within a line of a verse
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rhyme scheme
pattern of rhymes within a unit of verse
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masculine rhyme
rhyme in which only the last, accented syllable of the rhyming words correspond exactly in sound
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feminine rhyme
rhyme in which two consecutive syllables of the rhyme-words correspond, the first syllable carrying the accent; double rhyme
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half rhyme
imperfect, approximate rhyme
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ode
elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme
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elegy
a poem of lament, a meditation on someone's death
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epigram
a short satirical or witty statement in verse
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ballad
simple, narrative verse usually written in ballad stanzas
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ballad stanzas
contain quatrains, abcb rhyme scheme, and iambic tetrameter (second and fourth line often drop last foot)
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redonilla
spanish verse form- quatrains, trochaic tetrameter, abab or abba rhyme scheme
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decima
spanish verse form- 10 line stanzas, regular rhyme, octosyllabic (iambic or trochaic tetrameter)