A
repeating the same sound at the beginning of words
Alliteration
repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Looks like a run-on sentence, lacks punctuation
Enjambment
The rhythmic measure of a line defines the pattern of the beats.
Meter
5-foot line
Pentameter
A speech sound produced by partially or completely obstructing the airflow from the lungs as it passes through the vocal tract
Consonant sound
5 metrical feet with no rhyme
Blank verse
A quote that gives some background info at the start of the poem
Epigraph
A line with one foot
Monometer
6-foot line
Hexameter
Reference to something that the reader is familiar with
Allusion
a pause or break in the line of poetry.
Caesura
2-3 syllables in a line of poetry usually stressed then unstressed
foot
2-foot line
Dimeter
7-foot line
Heptameter
Repeating the same word at the beginning of each line
Anaphora
2 lines of poetry that rhyme
Couplet
2nd syllable of a word is more pronounced
Lamb
3 foot line
Trimeter
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line.
Rhyme Scheme
A metrical foot (rhythm) and emphasis on two stressed syllables and unstressed syllables.
Anapest
A stressed syllable followed by 2 unstressed syllables in a metric foot of poetry
Dactyl
Lines in a poem consisting of 5 feet and 10 syllables
Iambic Pentameter
4-foot line
Tetrameter
The beat or movement
Rhythm