Duplicate of Poetry Terms

Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

Repetition of the accented vowel sound and all subsequent sounds in a word

Indicating stressed´ and unstressed˘ syllables in a poem

Extreme Exaggeration

A line of poetry in which the thought continues in the next line without pause or ending punctuation

Stressed and unstressed syllables are arranged in a regular pattern

A unit consisting of at least one stressed syllable and usually one or more unstressed syllables

The term used to refer to the "I" or narrator of the poem

Rhyme within a line

Poetry free from old metric rules

Rhyme at the end of lines

Metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

Beat, melody, and texture

A grouping of two or more lines of poetry

Metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Perfect rhyme, sounds are the exact same

Over several lines of poetry, taken as far as they can logically go

Representation of things we can see, hear, taste, touch, or smell

A strict rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line

The use of the same word or phrase multiple times

The emphasis in a word, accent

A pause in the middle of a line of poetry

Comparison between unlike things in which some reasonable connection is revealed *more forceful than a simile*

Says something is something else

Attribute human qualities to a nonhuman thing or abstract idea

Based on some sort of comparison that is not literally true

Repetition of consonant sounds in middle and ends of words

Metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable

Words that sound like what they mean

Way of speaking in imaginative short-hand

Uses like, as, than, or resembles to compare things that seem to have little or nothing in common

Metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables

Sounds are similar but not exact

Repetition of consonant sounds in words which appear close together

A line of poetry in which the thought pauses or ends at the end of the line

Metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables