Poetry Terms 1

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Poetry Terms 1

When

3/26/2018, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

METER – Is the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry


RHYTHM – PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH FLOW OF THE LINES OF POETRY


INTERNAL RHYME – a word in the middle of a line of poetry rhymes with the word at the end of the line


FOOT – foot is a basic unit of a meter. In English, a metrical foot normally contains either two or three syllables


ALLITERATION – The effect created when words with the same initial letter (usually consonants) are used in close proximity


END RHYME – RHYME THAT OCCURS AT THE END OF A LINE OF POETRY


CONSONANCE – The effect created when words share the same stressed consonant sounds but where the vowels differ


SYMBOL – Words or images that signify more than they literally represent

SLANT RHYME – NON-EXACT RHYME – PLAY ON SIMILAR NOT EXACT SOUNDS


PERSONIFICATION – Figure of speech whereby inanimate objects or abstractions are given human characteristics