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Poetry Stack 2
Term | Definition |
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rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words |
rhythm | the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable. stressed and unstressed syllables. |
blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
tercet | three line stanza |
sestet | a six-line stanza |
octave | an eight-line stanza |
internal rhyme | Rhyme that occurs within a line rather than at the end |
refrain | the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in a poem |
lyric poetry | a short poem that expresses emotional feelings |