Chapter2:Rhythm, Rhyme and Meter of Poetry
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Rhyme
Words that share a sound with each other
End Rhyme
Rhyme that comes at the end of line
Internal Rhyme
A rhyme within the line
Near Rhyme
Words that sound similar
Rhythm
The beat that helps create the poems pace, sound that a poem make
Meter
The repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Stanza
a group of lines that are linked together, often by a thought, similar to a paragraph
Rhyme scheme
The pattern of end rhyme
Quatrain
Four line groupings usually united by meter and rhyme
What gives poetry a musical quality?
Due rhythm, rhyme, meter, and rhyme scheme
Figurative language
Includes words, phrases, symbols and ideas to evoke metal images and sensory impressions
Simile
Compares two things using the words “like” or “as”
Metaphor
Says one thing “is” another, but the reader knows its meant as a comparison
Extended metaphor
Extends a metaphor through several lines or even an entire poem
Symbolism
A clearly visible object or idea stands for something else that may not be as obvious
Repetition
Repeating of words or sounds
Alliteration
The repeated use of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Consonance
Repetition is focused on consonant sound
Assonance
Repetition is focused on a vowel sound
Limerick
A 5 line poem that has a very recognizable sound and lends itself to fun topics and sheer silliness
Sonnet
A 14 line, rhyming poem defined by a meter known as iambic pentameter
Iambic pentameter
Poetic meter, pairing 10 syllables per line into 5 pairs
Blank verse
Simply unrhymed iambic pentameter
Free verse
Adopts the rhythm of everyday speech, rises and falls, pauses and proceeds with no predictable pattern
Narrative poems
Includes epics and ballads which all tell a story
Epic
An adventure panoramic en-scope featuring a larger than life hero with supernatural powers
Ballad
Shorter than narratives, traces a life or event with tragic overtones and a dramatic conclusion
Lyric Poem
Zeroes in on emotions or feelings, not a whole story
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Robert Service
The Raven
Edgar Allan Poe
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Purple Cow
Gelett Burgess
A Red, Red rose
Robert Burns
O Captain, My Captain
Walt Witman
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
The Winter Sundays
Robert Hayden
There was an Old Man
Edward Lear
This is Just to Say
William Carlos William
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Thayer
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
Maya Angelou
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