latin poetry p307-311

alliteration

repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words

anaphora

repetition of the same word at the beginning of two or more successive clauses

asyndeton

omission of connecting words such as et or -que

chiasmus

words appear in an ABBA pattern

diminutive

a form that indicate a small amount/size (variety of emotions)

ellipsis

words that must be supplied to complete the sense (form of esse)

enjambment

word completes the thought of a line of verse onto the next line

hyperbole

exaggeration to create interest or emphasis

litotes

expressing an idea by negating its opposite

metaphor

word used to suggest a comparison

metonymy

use of a noun/word to suggest another

onomatopeia

the sound of a word that imitates the actual sound that one hears

poetic plural

use of word in plural (but more logical singular)

preterition

speaker says their not going to talk about nothing but brings attention to it

rhetorical question

a questin asked for effect

simile

comparison of like/as

synchesis

words in a ABAB pattern

synecdoche

use of a part to stand for the whole thing

transferred epithet

adjective that agrees grammatically with one noun but more logically would describe another noun in the sentence

tricolon

three phrases or clauses; third is the longest/most important

spondee

long long

dactyl

long short short

6th foot

spondee

5th foot

dactyl

caesura

double line

elision

the removal of a final vowel, diphthong, or syllable ending in -m when followed by a word starting with a vowel or h

prodelision

word ending in a vowel or \(-m\) is followed by est or es, the initial '\(e\)' of the verb is dropped instead of the final vowel

i

vowel/semi-consonant

qu

single consonant

h

ignored

x and z

double consonants

dipthong

ae, au, eu, oe, ui

dactylic hexameter

5 dactyl and spondee