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Figurative Language and Poetry Terms. Alliteration. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. EX: While I nodded, nearly, napping, suddenly there came a tapping. . Assonance. The repetition of vowel sounds within words. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Figurative Language and Poetry Terms
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
EX: While I nodded, nearly, napping, suddenly there came a tapping.
Alliteration
The repetition of vowel sounds within words. EX: On the morrow he will leave me, as my
hopes have flown before.
Assonance
Similar or identical sounds at the end of two lines of poetry.
EX: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”
End Rhyme
Rhyme within a line of poetry EX: Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic
terrors never felt before.
Internal Rhyme
Words repeated within a line of poetry. EX: From my books surcease of sorrow—
sorrow for the lost Lenore.
Repetition
The way words are arranged in lines, the way lines are arranged in stanzas, and the way units of sound are organized in rhythm and rhyme.
Two kinds of form: Fixed and Irregular.
Form
Follows fixed (unchanging) rules. ◦ Limited number of lines◦ Fixed meter◦ Fixed rhyme scheme◦ Definite structure
Examples: Sonnet, ballad, epic, elegy, ode, blank verse
Fixed Form
No rules- takes whatever shape it wants.
Irregular form or free verse
The same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines.
EX: Or I guess the grass is itself a child Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic
Anaphora
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