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AP Literature Terminology 12 Dec. Flashcards

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8294479681CaesuraA natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.0
8294485848EpistropheRepetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses1
8294496740AnapesticA foot in poetry with two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.2
8294501959DactylicA stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables3
8294508093SpondaicTwo stressed syllables4
8294511985ConceitA fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor5
8294516744Terza Rimaa verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.6
8294562543Heroic CoupletA pair of rhymed, iambic pentameter lines.7
8294566789LambYoung sheep8
8294570212SestinaA poem of thirty-nine lines and written in iambic pentameter.9
8294573516VillanelleA 19 line form using only two rhymes and repeating two of the lines according to a set pattern10
8294577239Free VersePoetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme11

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