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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
The repetition of a vowel sound in a line of text or poetry.
Assonance
a long, rhyming poem that tells a story
Ballad
A type of poem with no rhyme or structure
Blank Verse
Strong pause within a line
Caesura
A main division of a long poem
Canto
repetition of a consonant sound
Consonance
2 lines
Couplet
A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters.
Heroic Couplet
a poem that has lines ending with words that sound the same.
End Rhyme
continuing a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line
Enjambment
a small repeating rhythmic unit
Foot
A line of verse with five beats, which fall on the second syllable of both
Iambic Pentameter
Poetry with rhymed or unrhymed lines & no set meter.
Free Verse
5-7-5 pattern
Haiku
matching sound pattern of two words in the same line
Internal Rhyme
is brief, musical, & emotionally charged
Lyric Poetry
the number and style of accented syllables in a line
Meter
Phrases or lines of poetry that are repeated in the poem
Refrain
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line.
Rhythm
A 14 line, 10 syllable poem
Sonnet
A group of lines forming the format of a poem or verse
Stanza
8 metric feet
Octometer contains
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison like or as
Simile
Words that create a mental image.
Imagery