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5127934376Blank VerseUn-rhyming verse written with 10 syllables in each line. Pattern of unstressed syllables and streessed syllables.0
5127934377CadenceThe speed of the poem; the rhythm or musical elements of it1
5127934378ConceitA metaphor that has been extended with a logic of high complexity during a passage or entire poem2
5127934379Enjambment"Sentences" contained in the poem, but the poem itself uses no punctuation.3
5127934380Free VersePoetry that doesn't rhyme4
5127934381Metric FootMakes up the rhythm of stressed and unstressed beats.5
5127934382IambAn unaccounted syllable which is followed by an accented syllable.6
5127934383TrocheeOne stressed syllable followed by one that is not stressed.7
5127934384AnapestTwo unstressed syllables followed by an unstressed one.8
5127934385DactylOne stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables9
5127934386SpondeeA pattern of two stressed syllables10
5127934387MonometerA verse that is not commonly used in which each line contains a single metrical unit.11
5127934388DiameterA line of a poem that has 2 feet12
5127934389TrimeterA line of a poem that has 3 feet.13
5127934390TetrameterA line of a poem that has 4 feet14
5127934391PentameterA line of a poem that has 5 feet15
5127934392HexameterA line of a poem that has 6 feet16
5127934393CaesuraMarks were a long pause is in a line or poetry.17
5127934394EllipsisSeries of periods that indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or section.18
5127934395DashAdds emphasis, an interruption, or abrupt change of thought.19
5127934396AccentStress put on a certain syllable that is a noun.20
5127934397StressedSyllables that are pronounced slightly louder.21
5127934398UnstressedNot as loud as stressed syllables. A normal tone.22
5127934399RepetitionRepeats the same words or phrases a few times intentionally.23
5127934400RefrainLike the chorus of a song, it is repeated.24
5127934401AnaphoraRepetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of a section25
5127934402EpiphoraA word or phrase is repeated at the end of a clause.26
5127934403SlantA rhyme that isn't really a rhyme. Like 'dear' and 'door'27
5127934404InternalWords in the same line that rhyme.28
5127934405EndEndings of each line that rhyme exactly.29

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