Rhythm and Meter
"I'm short on funds, can you buy me a glass?"
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What is a synecdoche?
"Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow / That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
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What is a couplet?
A japanese form of poetry that has only three lines. Line one has five syllables. Line two has seven syllables. Line three has five syllables.
What is haiku?
a pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is a Rhyme Scheme?
a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
What is Meter?
Saying something is bigger, smaller, worse, or better than it actually is. She scared me to death.
What is hyperbole?
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
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What is a Enjambment:the continuation of a phrase or sentence beyond the poetic line break?
"Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink"
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What is irony?
When a poem does not have any rhyme, a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, and adheres to no form.
What is free verse?
This is a comparison of two unlike things using being verbs that goes on for a stanza or even the entire poem.
What is extended metaphor?
The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of nearby words
What is a Consonance?
a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
Meter
Well known figurative expressions that should never be taken literally.
What are idioms?
A poem that mourns the passing of a person.
What is an elegy?
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is Rhythm?