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Unit 2 AP Literature Flashcards

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7556261556Sonnet14-line poem written in iambic pentameter0
7556262823FormThe physical structure of a poem- length of the lines, the rhythm of the poem, and any systems of repetition1
7556273960Spenserian Sonnetabab, bcbc, cdcd, ee, with this rhyme of the poem. First 4 lines rhyme, 5-7 the last two sounds match the 1-4 lines, c sounds moves down to the 3rd2
7556288096Shakespearean Sonnetabab, cdcd, efef, gg. After he first quatrain he starts a new sound3
7556295242Metera stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines4
7556299874Footdifferent type of meter is measured by feet, number of syllables that are stressed and or unstressed as a part of the metrical pattern5
7556308118Iamb (inspire, behold, abuse, arise, and awake)foot containing an unaccented and short syllable followed by a long accented syllable in a single line of a poem (Ú unstressed. stressed)6
7556321292Conceita metaphysical conceit, figure of speech which two vastly and incredibly different object and likened together with the help of comparative language7
7556351078lineunit of language into which a poem or play is divided, while operates distinct form expressed with a punctuation mark8
7556358165End stoppedA type of line in poetry, in which a pause comes at the end of a synaptic unit often expressed with a punctuation mark9
7556366514EnjambmentA type of line where the thought moves to the next line without a punctuation mark10
7556370388CoupletA literary device that has 2 successive lines with the same meter from a complete thought and usually rhyme11
7557380548TercetThree lines following some rhyming pattern12
7557383567QuatrainA set of four lines, could be a poem with four lines, that have an independent or separate theme13
7557393051CinquainA stanza of five lines that may be rhymed or unrhymed14
7557398221SestetA stanza that contains six lines, might have a rhyme scheme15
7557403096OctaveA stanza of eight lines16
7557406358RhymeThe matching of final vowel and or consonant sounds in two or more words17
7557414116Internal rhymeA rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line, rhyming with a word at the end of the line or the middle of the next line18
7557422361End RhymeA person has lines ending with the words that sounds the same19
7557429636Near/ Slant/ Half RhymeRhyme in which the ending consonants match, but the vowel sounds do not20
7557440389Blank VerseUnrhymed, iambic contaminator- no rhyme, has to have 10 syllables21
7557452652VillanelleA 19-line poetic form, consisting of five tercets following by a quatrain22
7557458914SestinaA poem of six line stanzas with three lines at the end23
7557463197Free VersePoetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme24
7557474387CaesuraA pause within a line25
7557475738Carpe DiemLatin for seize the day26
7557478041Ambiguityword, phrase, or statement that contains one or more meanings27
7557482438PloceEmphatic repetition of the word referring giving it special significance28
7557490763RefrainA verse or a phrase repeated throughout a poem, usually after a stanza29
7557495988Rhythmmeter, a pattern of stress and unstressed syllables that create the meter of the poem30
7557501399StanzaA division of usually four or more lines that either have a fixed blank, meter, and or a rhythm scheme31
7557510169VerseCan be used to denote a line, a stanza, or another part of a poem32

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