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Alliteration
the repetition of the initial vowel or consonant sound in three or more words.
Repetition
is the repeating of sounds, words, or phrases in a way that adds to the musical quality of poetry.
Onomatopoeia
represents a word which suggests its meaning by its sound.
Rhyme
the repetition of the final sound of two or more words.
Exact rhyme
indicates identical consonant or vowel sounds at the ends of words
Near rhyme
indicates the similarity of sounds at the ends of words
internal rhyme
indicates that two or more words rhyme within one line of verse.
End rhyme
indicates rhyme that comes at the end of a line of poetry.
Rhyme scheme
the labeling of the pattern of rhyme in a stanza or poem.
Imagery
the representation, through language, of a sense experience.
visual
sight
Aural or Auditory
hearing, sound
olfactory
smell
tactile
touch
oral or gustatory
taste
Symbol
something that means more than what is said.
Metaphor
a comparison between two things that are essentially unlike.
Simile
a comparison between two things, using the words as, like, or than.
Personification
a giving of human or life-like qualities to something non-human.
Paradox
a contradiction of meaning.
Oxymoron
two successive words which contradict one another.
Hyperbole
an exaggeration used for special effect.
Understatement
is saying less than one means.
Allusion
a direct or indirect reference to something outside the work.
Apostrophe
an address to something that is not ordinarily spoken to.
Pun
a play on words.
Epic
a long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of one or more legendary heroes in grand ceremonious style
Ballad
story told in song, usually a story derived from a tragic incident in local history or legend
Sonnet
a 14-lined, iambic-pentameter poem
Ode
a philosophical, meditative poem
Blank verse
unrhymed form used by Shakespeare in his plays
Free verse
has irregular line length, no rhyme, and no regular meter
Stanza
a defined group of verse lines, which may be united by a regular pattern of rhyme
Couplet
a two-line stanza
Tercet or triplet
a three-line stanza
quatrain
a four-line stanza
Cinquian
a five-line stanza
Sestet
a six-line stanza
Septet
a seven-line stanza
Octave
an eight-line stanza
Poetry
language that is sung, chanted, spoken, or written according to some recurrence that emphasizes the relationship of words according to sound as well as meaning. Rhyme is not a requirement for poetry.
Prose
the form of written language or everyday speech. It is not organized according to formal patterns of verse.
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