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AP Literature Verse (Structure) Part 2 Flashcards

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8058569885iambic metera meter in which the majority of feet are iambs0
8058574707internal rhymea rhyme in which one or both of the rhyme-words occur within the line1
8058585255Petrarchan sonneta sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abbaabba and a sestet using any arrangement of two or three additional rhymes such as cdcdcd or cdecde2
8058609848masculine rhymea rhyme in which the stress is on the final syllable of the words3
8058617886meterregularized rhythm; an arrangement of language in which the accents occur at apparently equal intervals in time4
8058629162octavean eight line stanza5
8058677621perfect rhymea rhyme in which is when the later part of the word or phrase is identical sounding to another6
8058683797pentametera metrical line containing five feet7
8058688030refraina repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines, normally at some fixed position in a poem written in stanziac form8
8058701302rhymethe repetition of an identical or similarly accented sound or sounds in a work9
8058714196rhyme schemeany fixed pattern of rhymes characterizing a whole poem or its stanzas10
8058720217scansionthe process of mesuring verse; of marking accented and unaccented syllables, dividing the lines into feet, identifying the metrical pattern, and noting significant variations from that pattern11
8058741587sesteta six line stanza12
8058744163spondeea metrical foot consisting of two syllables equally or almost equally accented13
8058750483Stanzaa group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout a poem14
8058758614Syntaxthe arrangement of words to form phrases, clauses and sentences, sentence structure15
8058765509terza rimaa three line stanza form borrowed from the Italian poets; rhyme scheme is aba, bab, cdc, ded, etc.16
8058782090tetrametera metrical line containing four feet17
8058783972triple metera meter in which a majority of the feet contain three syllables18
8058793115Trochaic metera meter in which the majority of feet are trochees19
8058796489trocheea metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable20

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