lit sound devices

prosody

the use of rhythm, mater, and stress in poetry & prose

alliteration

repetition of an initial consonant sound

assonance

repetition of similar vowel sounds

consonance

repetition of 1+ consonant sounds, includes alliteration and sounds within words

euphony

the use of pleasant/melodic sounds to create an auditory effect

cacophony

the use of harsh/discordant sounds to create an auditory effect

onomatopoeia

a word imitating the sound it describes

meter

the rhythmic structure of a line/verse

foot

basic unit of poetic meter containing a combonation of 2+ syllables

1 poetic foot

monometer

3 poetic feet

triameter

4 poetic feet

tetrameter

5 poetic feet

pentameter

6 poetic feet

hexameter

stanza

a group of lines in a poem

canto

a longer division of a long poem, similar to a chapel in a novel

iamb

a unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

trochee

a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

enjabment

breaking a line in the middle of a phrase so the phrase continues on the next line without a pause between