Poetry Terminology

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Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentence or clause
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Semantic Field
A term to describe related language
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Plosive
A sound device that is normally hard. The sounds are usually t, k, p and d, g,b
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Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
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Sibilance
Repetition of 's' sounds
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Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds to create rhymes within a phrase or sentence
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Volta
shift or dramatic change in thought and/or emotion in poetry
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Caesura (plural caesurae)
A pause separating phrases with lines of poetry
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End-stopped line
A poetic device in which a pause comes at the end of a line
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A term to describe related language

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Semantic Field

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A sound device that is normally hard. The sounds are usually t, k, p and d, g,b

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The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza

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Repetition of 's' sounds

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