sound & poetic devices Flashcards
(16 cards)
free verse
follows no rules
concrete poetry
designed to look a certain way
haiku
short poem w 3 lines w this pattern:
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
line break
the end of one line and the start of another
- not the same thing as a sentence
stanza
a group of poetic lines
enjambment
the runnuning of a sentence from one poetic line to the next
end-stopped line
a line of poetry that contains a complete thought
caesura
a pause in the middle of a poetic line
alliteration
the repetition of initial constant sounds
“confirmation class” “firmest fingers”
assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds
“I crumple the flyer in my backpack”
consonance
the repetition of constanance
“backpack” “zipped up”
onomatopoeia
words that initiate to the sound they refer to
zipped, flutters, boom, smash
Euphony
words that have a pleasing or soft sound
They have sontant sounds including l, m, n, r, s
“flutters”
Cacophony
words that have a harsh or unpleasant sound
p, b, g, ck, n, tch
backpack, gripped
internal rhyme
repetition of similar sound w/in a single line of poetry or b/w internal phrases across multiple lines of poetry
external rhyme
the repetition of similar sounding words at the end of lines
say / day
