AP: Poetry Intro

Which meter is represented by this pattern? / /

repetition of beginning sounds

the running on of a thought from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark

a pattern of beats or accents (stressed and unstressed syllables)

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.”

internal repetition of vowel sounds

It’s curvy / and nervy. / It’s measure / is pleasure.

Which meter is represented by this pattern? ︶ ︶ /

the building block of poetry; a pattern of syllables

Four lines of poetry.

internal repetition of consonant sounds

Which meter is represented by this pattern? / ︶

I am a pirate with a wooden leg.

Twinkle, twinkle little star / How I wonder what you are.

Which meter is represented by this pattern? / ︶ ︶

Two lines of poetry.

Five lines of poetry.

If your rhyme / everytime / is a chime / on a dime

Which meter is represented by this pattern? ︶ /

the analysis of a poem’s form and meter