Poetry - Sound and Rhythm
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alliteration –
the repetition of sounds in the beginnings of word; front rhyme
anaphora –
repetition of word or words at the beginning of lines or stanzas
approximate rhyme –
near rhyme
assonance –
use of vowel sounds for rhyming
cacophony –
unrhymed or discordant sounds
caesura –
a pause or stop in the middle of a verse
consonance –
use of consonants for rhyming
end-stopped line –
a pause at the end of a line of verse
enjambment/run-on line –
continuation of a thought or sentence onto a new line
euphony –
good or pleasing sound
eye rhyme –
a similarity in spelling between words that are pronounced differently
falling meter –
movement from stressed to unstressed meter
imperfect rhyme –
close but not exact rhyme; near rhyme; approximate rhyme
meter –
the recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of poetry of specific length
near rhyme –
approximate rhyme
onomatopoeia –
words that sound like the sound they mean: buzz
perfect rhyme –
when a sound in a word is the same as the sound in another word
rhyme –
the repetition of similar sounds
rhythm –
is the movement of sound in a recurrent pattern; the beat
rising meter –
movement from unstressed to stressed meter
run-on line/enjambment –
the continuation of a sentence or thought onto the next line
scansion –
a way of marking the metrical pattern in a poem
slant rhyme –
close but not exact rhyme; near rhyme; approximate rhyme
stress –
the emphasis on particular syllables