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1 basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.

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3 His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin' What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow! His PALMS are SWEATy, KNEES weak, ARMS are HEAVy There's VOmit ON his SWEATer alREADy, mom's spaGHETTi He's NERVous, but ON the SURFace he LOOKS calm and READy To DROP BOMBS, but HE keeps ON forGETtin What HE wrote DOWN, the WHOLE crowd GOES so LOUD He OPens his MOUTH, BUT the WORDS won't come OUT He's CHOKin, how EVeryBODy's JOKin NOW The CLOCK'S run OUT, TIME'S up OVer, BLOah

4 Iamb: unaccented syllable, accented syllable u / Come live | with me | and be | my love And we | will all | the plea|sures prove -Christopher Marlowe’s “Come live with me and be my love” Insist, Noel, arise, Trochee: accented syllable, unaccented syllable / u Tell me | not in l mournful l numbers By the | shores of | Gitche | Gumee, By the | shining | Big-Sea-|Water - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Song of Hiawatha” Dinner, happy, roses, doctor

5 No rhyme Iambic Pentameter Pent- five 5 iambs 10 syllables Example: Something there is that doesn’t love a wall. That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; (Mending Walls by Robert Frost)

6 Assonance – anywhere in the words, there is a repetition of vowels Example: “Go and mow the lawn.” Consonance – anywhere in words, there is repetition of consonant sounds Example: “All’s well that ends well.” Onomatopoeia – words that sound like the name of the word “Boom,” “whish,” “woof,” “sizzle”

7 End rhyme: when rhyme occurs at the end of a line of poetry. Internal rhyme: when rhyme occurs within a line of poetry. Slant rhyme: when words do not exactly rhyme but sound close. Repetition of sound at the end of the words.


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