1. alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nonrhyming words or syllables in neighboring words 2. Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words 3. ballad a narrative poem originally meant to be sung or recited 4. blank verse poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Each line of iambic pentameter has five units, or feet, with each foot made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. 5. Consonance The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of nonrhyming words or syllables 6. couplet a stanza of two lines 7. elegy a serious poem mourning a death or a great loss 8. end rhyme Occurs at the end of lines 9. end-stopped line A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation
English Poetry Terms
1. alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nonrhyming words or syllables in neighboring words 2. Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words 3. ballad a narrative poem originally meant to be sung or recited 4. blank verse poetry or lines of dramatic verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Each line of iambic pentameter has five units, or feet, with each foot made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. 5. Consonance The repetition of consonant sounds at the end of nonrhyming words or syllables 6. couplet a stanza of two lines 7. elegy a serious poem mourning a death or a great loss 8. end rhyme Occurs at the end of lines 9. end-stopped line A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation
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