Q2- the hard poetic terms

end rhyme: rhyme at the end of 2 or more lines of verse

masculine rhyme: occurs when one syllable of a word rhymes with another word

feminine rhyme: occurs when the last two syllables of a word rhymes with another word

assonance: similarity or repetition of a vowel sound in two or more words

consonance: repetition of consonant sounds within a line of rhyme

refrain: repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem

synecdoche: mentioning a part of something to represent the whole

metonymy: substitution of a word naming an object for another word closely associated with it

antithesis: balancing or contrasting of one term against another

apostrophe: addressing someone or something usually not present as though present

paradox: situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements

oxymoron: compact paradox

sestet: six-line stanza

septet: seven-line stanza

heroic couplet: consists of two succesive rhyming verses with a complete thought

terza rima: three-line stanza for with an interwoven rhyme scheme

limerick: five-line nonsense poem with an anapestic meter

ballad stanza: consists of four lines with lines two and four rhyming

rime royal: stanza consisting of seven lines in iambic pentameter

ottava rima: consists of eight iambic pentamere lines

spenserian stanza: nine-line stanza consisting of eight iambic pentameter lines followed by an alexandrine

sonnet: fourteen-line stanza form consisting of iambic pentameter lines

pertarchan/italian sonnet: divided usually between eight lines called the octave and six lines called the sestet

english/shakespearean sonnet: composed of three quatrains and a concluding couplet

villanelle: five tercets and a quatrain in which the first and third lines of the opening tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercets abd together as the last two lines of the quatrain

elegy: poem that mournds death or the absence of something deeply loved

lyric: most widely used type of poem

ode: exalted, complex rapturous lyric poem written about a dignifed subject