Imagery - Poems are often full of _______, as they aim to appeal to the senses to engage the reader., Alliteration - Poems are meant to be read aloud. Many poems include _______, the repetition of a consonant at the beginning of words in sequence. , Assonance - The repetition of the same vowel sound is known as _______. , Consonance - The repetition of consonants in the middle of a word is known as _______., Syllables - Every word in English consists of one or more _______, which are the units of sound when speaking a word, usually consisting of one vowel. _______ provide the beats of the rhythm of a poem. Some _______ are stressed, while others are naturally unstressed., Metric foot - When analysing poetry, you can look for the clusters and patterns of stresses in a line. Each unit of stressed and unstressed sound is known as a _______., Verse - Each line of poetry is called a '________', which should not be confused with sentences., Metre - The rhythmic structure of each verse is called _______. It may consist of any number of metric feet., Enjambment - When a sentence carries on over the end of a line, it is called _______ , which poets may use for artistic reasons., Stanzas - To find patterns, look to the _______, which are to poetry what paragraphs are to prose. They give the reader a sense of structure and organisation., Prosody - Studying poetry is, to some extent, a study of _______, which refers to the patterns of rhythm and sounds used in poetry., Rhyming scheme - When studying the structure of poems, you may notice the use of _______, sometimes within a verse or at the end of each verse., Free verse / Blank verse - Many poems do not rhyme at all. _______ does not rhyme. _______, which follows a certain metre such as iambic pentameter, also does not rhyme., Volta - Sonnets sometimes take a turn or shift in their message or argument, which is known as a _______.., Caesura - Apostrophes, full stops and hyphens can be used to make the reader take a break or pause while reading the poem aloud. This use of _______ allows the reader and listener to contemplate the poet's words.,

Poetry - key features

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