Poetry p. 2

Question 1

prosody

Answer 1

study of speech rhythm and versification

Question 2

metre

Answer 2

measured arrangement of accents and syllables in poetry

Question 3

accentual vs syllabic metre

Answer 3

A: each line has the same number of stresses but varies in number of syllables
S: each line has the same number of syllables but varies in number of stresses

Question 4

accentual-syllabic metre

Answer 4

each line has the same number of stressed and non-stresses syllables in a fixed order

Question 5

rhythm

Answer 5

general phenomenon, variation of speed in which the poem is likely to be read

Question 6

pauses

Answer 6

breaks to organize the verse

Question 7

elision

Answer 7

unstressed syllables which are normally pronounced are now not

Question 8

expansion

Answer 8

syllables which would be normally ignored are now pronounced; older common pronunciation

Question 9

vowel length

Answer 9

change in the rhythm and speed

Question 10

consonant clusters

Answer 10

support very fast or very slow rhythms

Question 11

modulation

Answer 11

transition from one key to another

Question 12

internal rhyme

Answer 12

occurs within a line in poetry - assonance, alliteration

Question 13

end rhyme

Answer 13

occurs at the end of a line or other line within same stanza

Question 14

sound patterns

Answer 14

used to link words which would not be otherwise connected - onomatopoeia, rhythm, alliteration, assonance