1. POETRY
TERMS and DEFINITIONS

2. TERMS Anthology – collection of poems grouped together
Assonance – vowel rhyme – repetition of a pattern of similar sounds
Consonance – repetition of the same consonant
Chorus – part of poem repeated after each verse
Envoi or Envoy – short final verse of a poem

3. Terms Line/Verse – the main unit of all poems
Rhythm – pattern of stresses in a line of verse/line of poetry
Stanza – a set amount of lines grouped by rhythmical pattern or meter
Refrain – a repeated verse or phrase usually after the chorus or stanza

4. Stanza
A set amount of verses or lines grouped by rhythmical patter and meter
Stanza names according to number of lines:
2 lines = couplet
3 lines = tercet
4 lines = quatrain
5 lines = cinquain
Stanzas can have rhythm and rhyme or just be a blank verse!

5. Rhythm & Meter Rhythm – pattern of stresses within a line of verse
Meter – regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Every verse has a meter which is measured or explained in a sequence of feet
Foot – sequence of a type of syllable
iambic pentameter (5) daDumdaDumdaDumdaDumdaDum
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells (Ode to Autumn by John Keats)

6. Terms Rhyme – repetition of sounds at the end of words
Rhyme Scheme – pattern of end rhymes

7. Figurative Language in Poetry
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Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Personification
Simile