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Aug 30 03, 09:22
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The Rhyme Scheme
ANAPESTIC METER Meter using a foot of three syllables, in which the accent falls on the third syllable.
BLANK VERSE Any unrhyming verse (hence the name "blank"). Blank verse usually consists of lines of iambic pentameter.
COUPLET A pair of rhymed lines (of any specificable length or rhythm).
DACTYLIC METER Meter using a foot of three syllables, in which the accent falls on the first syllable.
END RHYME The near duplication of sounds that takes place at the ends of lines. End rhyme is the most common type of rhyme.
EYE RHYME Rhyme in which the ending of words are spelled alike; in most instances were pronounced alike.
FOOT Is the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables, which make up the metric unit of a line. The most commonly used feet are as follows: ANAPESTIC, DACTYLIC, IAMBIC, and TROCHAIC.
FREE VERSE Refers to poetry that does not follow a prescribed form but is characterized by the irregularity in the length of lines and the lack of a regular metrical pattern and rhyme. Free verse may use other repetitive patterns instead (like words, phrases, structures).
IAMBIC FOOT: Consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Meter using a foot of two syllables, in which the accent falls on the second syllable.
INTERNAL RHYME Involves rhyming sounds within the same line.
LINE The sequence of words printed as a separate entity on the page.
METER The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables or the units of stress pattern.
METRIC LINE A line named according to the number of feet composing it: MONOMETER: one foot DIMETER: two feet TRIMETER: three feet TETRAMETER: four feet PENTAMETER: five feet HEXAMETER: six feet HEPTAMETER: seven feet OCTAMETER: eight feet
OTTAVA RIMA An Italian stanza form adapted to English as an eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme: a b a b a b c c
PARAPHRASE The restatement of a poem using words that are different but as equivalent as possible.
PERFECT RHYME Rhyme in which the final accented vowels of the rhyming words and all succeeding sounds are identical while preceding sounds are different. In perfect rhyme, the correspondence of rhymed sounds is exact.
QUATRAIN A four line stanza. Quatrains are most commonly seen in English verse.
QUINTET or QUINTAIN A five line stanza.
RHYME Refers to the repetition of similar sounds occurring at determined, or regular, intervals .
RHYME ROYAL A seven line, iambic pentameter stanza with the rhyme scheme a b a b b c c.
RHYME SCHEME The pattern of rhymed words. Stanzas are often linked by their rhyme scheme. Rhyme scheme is lacking in some modern poetry.
RHYTHM A variable pattern in the beat of stresses in the stream of sound. Rhythm can also be defined as the sense of movement attributable to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Although rhythm is sometimes used to signify meter, it includes temp and the natural fluctuations of movement.
SCANSION The systematic analysis of metrical patterns of stress, syllable by syllable, sound unit by sound unit.
SESTET or SEXTAIN A six line stanza.
STANZA A group of lines which form a division of a poem. Stanzas are usually set off from one another by a space. The distinguishing characteristics of stanzas are the number of lines, the number of feet in each line and the rhyme scheme. However, some unrhymed poems are divided into stanzas.
STRESS A term applied to the emphasis placed on a syllable in a word. A synonym for stress is "accent."
TRIPLET A stanza of three lines usually with a single rhyme.
TROCHAIC METER Meter using a foot of two syllables, in which the accent falls on the first syllable.
VERSE Refers to either a single line of poetry or to metrical poetry in general. Source: http://www.mca.k12.nf.ca/
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