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What is Alliteration?
repeating the same sound at the beginning of words
Consonant sound
What is Blank Verse?
5 meterical feet with no rhyme
What is Epigraph?
A quote that gives some background info at the start of the poem
Monometer?
A line with one foot.
Hexameter?
A line with six feet
What is Allusion?
a reference to something that the reader is familiar with
What is Caesura?
A pause or break in the line of poetry. Punctuation lets you know
What is Foot?
2-3 syllables in a line of poetry usually stressed then unstressed
Dimeter?
A line with two feet
Heptameter?
A line with seven feet
What is Anaphora?
Repeating the same word at the beginning of each line.
What is Couplet?
2 lines of poetry that rhyme
What is Iamb?
2nd syllable of a word is more pronounced
Trimeter?
A line with three feet
Rhyme Scheme?
Rhyme scheme refers to the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line.
What is Anapest?
A metrical foot (rhythm) and emphasis on 2 stressed syllables and followed by an unstressed syllables
What is Dactyl?
Stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllable in a metric foot of poetry
What is Iambic Pentameter?
Lines in a poem consisting of 5 feet and 10 syllables
Tetrameter?
A line with four feet
Sonnet?
A sonnet is a poem containing fourteen lines of iambic pentameter that rhyme.
What is Assonance?
Repetition of vowel sounds
What is Enjambment?
Looks like a run on sentence, lacks punctuation
What is Meter?
Meter is the rhythmic measure of a line. It defines the pattern of the beats. Meter is often interchanged with foot and feet. In poetry, you can use the following terms to describe the number of feet in a line.
Pentameter?
A line with five feet
Trochee?
Trochee is a metrical foot containing a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable