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11525250057LinesStructure, content, and rhyme0
11525255384StructureVisual (Stanzas)1
11525260462AnalysisWeight structure and content2
11525269133Rhyme SchemeDeliberate3
11525278713Couplet2 lines bound to each other4
11525282074Tercet/Triplet3 lines5
11525285658Quatrain4 lines6
11525285659Cinquain5 lines7
11525289139Sestet6 lines8
11525291692Septet7 lines9
11525299170Octet/Octave8 lines10
11525305515Syllablesaccented/stressed or unaccented/unstressed11
11525313466Metera pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry and who many times such a pattern is repeated in a line of poetry12
11525320304Foota pattern of two or three stressed and unstressed syllables13
11525328377Iambfoot: U/14
11525332164Trocheefoot: /U15
11525334642Anapestfoot: UU/16
11525338395Dactylfoot: /UU17
11525342814Spondeefoot: //18
11525345441Pyrrhicfoot: UU19
11525355029Monometer1 time that the foot repeats in a line of verse20
11525382437Dimeter2 times the foot repeats in a line of verse21
11525394536Trimeter3 times the foot repeats in a line of verse22
11525399236Tetrameter4 times the foot repeats in a line of verse23
11525402903Pentameter5 times the foot repeats in a line of verse24
11525409415Hexameter6 times the foot repeats in a line of verse25
11525413374Heptameter7 times the foot repeats in a line of verse26
11525415770Octometer8 times the foot repeats in a line of verse27
11525418637Formula for metermeter = foot + -ic + # of x ft repeats28
11525433753Scansion1. divide by syllable, 2. determine stresses, 3. identify ft, 4. # of x ft repeats, 5. meter = foot + -ic + # of x ft repeats29
11525446936True Rhyme (perfect rhyme)same sound at the end of the word30
11525455223End rhymerhyme at the end of the word/line31
11525462302Masculine rhymewhen the last syllable of one word rhymes with the last syllable of another rhyme32
11525471732Feminine Rhymewhen the last 2 syllables of two words rhyme with each other33
11525482716Triple rhyme (dactylic)when the last 3 syllables of two words rhyme with each other34
11525496401Near rhyme/slant rhyme/off rhymewords that almost rhyme but not quite (still works with rhyme scheme)35
11525504702Rhymed versehas meter, has rhyme scheme36
11525508094Blank versehas meter, no rhyme scheme (Shakespeare)37
11525513158Free verseno meter, no rhyme scheme38
11525524520Internal rhymerhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end39
11525531652ConsonanceRepetition of consonant sounds40
11525531653AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds41
11525534680Refrainrepetition that occurs at regular intervals (chorus!)42
11525544326Metonymysomething associated with the thing (the Crown/White House) --> useful tool in rhetoric43
11525551004Synechdocheliterally, physically attached to the thing (all hands on deck/check out dem legs)44
11525568882Archetypeunderstood universally45
11525568883Symbolmust be taught46
11525571993Antithesisopposing claim/idea47
11525575098Oxymoron2 words that are opposites put together to create a new meaning48
11525585839Paradox2 statements that are contradictory but happen to be true49
11525591461heroic couplettwo successive rhymed lines written in iambic pentameter50
11525598234terza rima3 line stanza with an interwoven rhyme scheme, usually iambic pentameter (10 syllables), dictates length & rhyme of stanza (ABA BCB CDC)51
11525636016Ballad stanza4 lines p. stanza w/ rhyme scheme ABCB, 1st 2nd lines -> tetrameter, 2nd 3rd lines -> trimeter (most often iambic)52
11525614074limerick5 line nonsense poem with anapestic meter, rhyme scheme AABBA, 1st 2nd 5th lines -> 3 stresses, 3rd 4th lines -> 2 stresses (39 syllables)53
11525653844rime royal7 lines p. stanza in iambic pentameter (King James I)54
11525690454attava rimastanza w/ 8 iambic pentameter lines, rhyme scheme ABABABCC (Italian poets)55
11525716721Spenserian stanza9 line stanza w/ 8 iambic pentameter lines followed by an alexandrine (iambic hexameter) (Edmund Spenser)56
11525733588Villanelle5 tercets and a quatrain, 1&3 of 1st tercet recur alternately at the end of the other tercets & together as the last 2 lines of the quatrain57
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