Rhyme - The repetition of similar sounds at the end of words, often at the end of lines in poems., End Rhyme - Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines. Example: The cat sat on the mat., Internal Rhyme - Rhyme that happens within a line. Example: I drove to the lake and dove into the blue., Rhythm - A musical quality in language produced by repetition of patterns such as syllables, words, phrases, or sounds., A meter - A generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry., A foot - The basic unit of meter in poetry, usually made of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables., Iamb - A metrical foot: one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (da-DUM). Example: be-LIEVE, Trochee - A metrical foot: one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable (DA-dum). Example: TA-ble, Spondee - A metrical foot: two stressed syllables (DA-DA).Example: HEART-BREAK, Anapest - A metrical foot: two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable (da-da-DUM). Example: in the DARK, Dactyl - A metrical foot: one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (DA-da-da). Example: EL-e-phant, Free verse - Poetry that does not follow a regular meter or rhyme scheme. It sounds like natural speech., Rhyme scheme - he pattern of rhymes in a poem, typically labeled with letters (e.g., ABAB, AABB)., Stressed syllable - A syllable spoken louder or with more emphasis., Unstressed syllable - A syllable spoken with less emphasis or softer.,

POETRY- THE BASICS

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