1.
alliteration: the repetition of similar
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words sounds, especially at the
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words of words or stressed syllables - Example, "Of all the
d ays of that
d eep,
d ark time in her life, Sundays were the worst."
2.
assonance: the repetition of similar
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words sounds in words or
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words to produce a pleasing sound (euphony) - "the s
a d exp
a nsion of
a gitation"
3.
rhyme: the purpose of rhyme is to add the pleasure of sound. Rhyme refers to
similar or beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words sounds in different beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words . It is often at the
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words of a line.
"The woods are lovely, dark, and
deep ;
But I have promises to
keep And miles to go before I
sleep ,
And miles to go before I
sleep ." Robert Frost
4.
rhythm: a regular
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words of stressed and unstressed syllables. Often referred to as
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words .
5.
couplet: beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words rhymed lines of poetry:
6.
foot: a metrical
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words 7.
iambic : the unit of rhythm consisting of unstressed-
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words syllables. (An
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words syllable followed by a stressed syllable) for example: be-yond', a -bove'
8.
trochaic: a
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words syllable followed by an
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words syllable: for example: hap' py; door' bell
9.
anapestic: two
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words syllables followed by a
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words syllable: un-af-fraid',
10.
iambic pentameter: found particulary in
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words . Consists of five
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words of stressed-
beginning consonant end feet identical meter pattern sonnets stressed syllables two unit unstressed vowel words syllables.