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Anapest
A metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable (for example, understand).
Approximate Rhyme (also known as imperfect rhyme, near rhyme, slant rhyme, or oblique rhyme)
A term used for words in a rhyming pattern that have some kind of sound correspondence but are not perfect rhymes (for example, arrayed-said).
Blank Verse
Poetry with a meter, but not rhymed, usually in iambic pentameter
Caesura
A rhythmical pause in a poetic line or a sentence, often occurring in the middle of a line
EX: "To be, or not to be - that is the question." The example has two caesurae; the clearest one comes after be and before that. It's a dramatic pause in the meter of the writing. However, the less noticeable one is set off by the comma after "To be."
Canto
A sub-division of an epic or narrative poem comparable to a chapter in a novel
NOTES: Stanza is like a paragraph but in a poem. Canto is a long poem. (at least 5 lines but usually longer)
Couplet
Two successive lines, usually in the same meter, linked by rhyme
Dactyl
A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables (i.e. merrily).
Ex: The word "poetry" itself is a great example of a dactyl, with the stressed syllable falling on the "Po," followed by the unstressed syllables "e" and "try": Po-e-try.
End Rhyme
Rhymes that occur at the ends of lines.
Ex: "Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though."
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
End-Stopped Line
A line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation — the opposite of enjambment
Ex: "A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again."
Enjambment
Moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark. A line which has no natural speech pause at its end, allowing the sense to flow uninterruptedly into the succeeding line — the opposite of an end-stopped line
EX:"And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night" No punctuation at the end of the lines
Feminine Rhyme
A rhyme in which the stress is on the penultimate (second from last) syllable of the words (picky, tricky)
Ex: Willow/Billow Exciting/Inviting Measles/Weasels
foot (poetry)
The basic unit used in the scansion or measurement of verse. A foot usually contains one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables.
Free Verse
Non-metrical verse. Poetry written in free verse is arranged in lines, may be more or less rhythmical, but has no fixed metrical pattern or expectation
Half Rhyme (Sometimes called slant rhyme or imperfect rhyme)
Consonance on the final consonants of the words involved
EX: two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common (such as stopped and wept, or parable and shell).
Heroic Couplet
Poems constructed by a sequence of two lines of (usually rhyming) verse in iambic pentameter
Iamb
A metrical foot consisting of one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable (i.e., rehearse).
Internal Rhyme
A rhyme in which one or both of the rhyme-words occur within the line (usually in the middle)
EX: I took the car, and it wasn't far. I went to town to buy a gown.
