Poetry Terms Review

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Ordered pattern of rhymes in poetry

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clau

Distance between what is said or occurs and what is meant or expected

The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

Attribution of human traits to non-human things

A basic unit/grouping of lines in a poem

A literary device that occurs when words share the same consonant sounds, but they come after different vowel sounds.

Unrhymed, metered poetry (often iambic)

Reference to a person, work, or event outside the poem

A rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or the middle of the next.

Pattern of beats in a line of poetry

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

Short poem that expresses a speaker's emotions

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter

A pause near the middle of a line of poetry indicated by punctuation.

The repetition of the sound of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables near each other.

A basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables.