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Stanza
A fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Foot
The basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry
Metaphor
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using
like or as
Simile
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between
things of different kinds (usually forms with ‘like’ or ‘as’)
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Appositives
a noun phrase that follows another noun phrase and provides additional information about it
Line Break
come at the end of the line of a poem
rhyme
pattern of words that contain similar sounds
meter
the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a work of poetry
Trochee
DUH-duh
Iamb
duh-DUH
Spondee
DUH-DUH
Dactyl
DUH-duh-duh
Anapest
duh-duh-DUH
pentameter
five feet, this applies to other prefixes
scansion
the method of graphically determining the rhyme of a poem
italian sonnet
14 lines, octave and sesten
english sonnet
14 lines, 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
