Poetry key terms

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Octave
a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration
1 of 6
Volta
indicated by words - But, Yet, or And yet, occurs between the octet and sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet
2 of 6
Seset
last six lines of a sonnet
3 of 6
Enjambment
incomplete syntax at the end of a line; the meaning runs-over from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation
4 of 6
Sonnet
14 lines, usually in Iambic pentameter, usually in the form of an octave and a seset, in 3 quatrains and a couplet
5 of 6
Petrachan sonnet
Italian form, divides the 14 lines into an octet and a seset
6 of 6

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Volta

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indicated by words - But, Yet, or And yet, occurs between the octet and sestet in a Petrarchan sonnet

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Seset

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Enjambment

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Sonnet

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