Spenserian
A sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Balanced Sentences
a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.
Exact Rhyme
Uses words with identical end sound
Sestet
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Atmosphere
Using the same conjunction lots of times
Pun
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Epiphany
A moment of sudden revelation or insight
Parallel Structure
Having the same word patterns pop up in one sentence
Quatrain
A four line stanza
Internal Rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Synaesthesia
the use of one kind of sensory experience to describe another
Scansion
The process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
Anticlimax
a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Shakespeare Sonnet
The sonnet form composed of three quatrains and a final couplet written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg
a five line stanza
Caesurae
Caesuras (or caesurae) are those slight pauses one makes as one reads verse.
End Rhyme
Dramatic Irony
when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Octave
8 line stanza
Connotation
