Terms Flashcards
(22 cards)
Iamb, iambic
unstressed - stressed
trochee, throchaic
stressed - unstressed
spondee, spondaic
stressed - stressed
Pyrrhic, pyrrhic
unstressed -unstressed
Anapest, anapestic
unstressed - unstressed - stressed
Dactyl, dactylic
stressed - unstressed - unstressed
anacrusis
pickup
Assonance
repetition of similar vowel sounds
blank verse
unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
caesura
stop mid-line
catalectic
a line of poetry missing a beat
consonance
the repetition of identical consonant sounds
elegy
poem lamenting an event, often death
elision
ommission of letters from a word
enjambed
lines of poetry that are not end stopped and continue onto the next line
metonymy
a word stands in for an object or concept
pathetic fallacy
ascribing human emotions to inanimate objects
synecdoche
subset of metonymy- a part stands in for a whole
zeugma
a word is applied to two others in different contexts
rocking lineation
a line within the line formed by caesurae
petrarchan sonnet
the octave and the sestet, with a VOLTA (turn) in the middle
sakespearean sonnet
three quatrains and a couplet. Couplet has the conclusion or epiphany. (VOLTA between 8 and 9)
