poetry vocab

________ consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.

unrhymed iambic pentameter

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme

A line of poetry that continues its sentence into the next line without a break.

A metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables.

A four line stanza

A group of lines in a poem

a line with a pause at the end

a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Repeating a word, phrase, or idea for emphasis or rhythmic effect

Repetition of vowel sounds

Repetition of consonant sounds

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

the literal meaning of a word

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

word choice

Sentence structure

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg

address to an absent or imaginary person

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

gentle warning; friendly reproof

all-knowing