poetic terms

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  • Created on: 22-05-17 20:47
oxymoron
a phrase or sentence that contradicts itself.
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enjambement
a line of a poem or stanza which continues to the next without punctuation.
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Caesura
A deliberate rhetorical, grammatical, or rhythmic pause, break, cut, turn, division, or pivot in poetry.
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couplet
Stanza of 2 lines; often, a pair of rhymed lines.
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Decasyllable
Line consisting of 10 syllables.
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iambic pentameter
10 syllables (5 unstressed, 5 stressed)
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quatrain
Stanza of 4 lines.
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alliteration
Close repetition of consonant sounds, especially initial consonant sounds.
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Blank verse
. Unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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enjambement

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a line of a poem or stanza which continues to the next without punctuation.

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Caesura

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couplet

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Decasyllable

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