Rhyme
can involve assonance & alliteration |
assonance - similar sounding words on the vowel sound, repetition of similar vowel sounds, (a, e, i, o, u, y) |
ex - the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain |
alliteration - repetition of similar consonants/sounds, usually in consonants or consonants clusters, (y and everything else other than vowels) |
ex - he was tried for his treachery but was the truest on earth |
Rhythm
based on the # of syllables to a line |
Syllable
one unit of sound |
vowel = central sound that helps consonants to be heard, voiceless c are heard on voiced vowels |
Blank Verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter |
Shakespaere wrote most of the lines in his play in blank verse |
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Iamb
a unit of rhythm consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stress |
ex - annoyed, pretend |
1st syllables is usually unstressed (unaccented) and the 2nd one is stressed |
can also consist a word w/ a single unstressed s followed by another word w/ a single stressed s |
smay consist a final unstressed s of a word then followed by a stressed s at the start of the next work |
Iambic Pentamenrer
pent = five imabs |
meter = frequency of a rhythmic units |
Beat Poetry
famous writers - Ginsberg, Kerouac |
rejected academic formalism of the American middle class, large free verses, often surrealistic (drastically realistic), and was influenced by jazz |
Sonnets
1st written in Italian, traditionally were love poems |
remained true to the original length of 14 lines and to iambic pentameter |
usually written in parts of a series, w/ each sonnet connected to the previous one, many could stand alone as a seoerate poems |
can be divided into 2 section: presents the theme, raises an issue or doubt 2: answers the question, solves the problem |
2 kinds of sonnets: Italian (Petrarchan), English (Shakespeare) contains 3 quatrains and 1 couplet, rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg |
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Simile
direct comparison between 2 unlike things |
introduced by the work "like" or "as" |
creates a scene image that makes the 2 things seem similar |
often compares an abstract thing/idea to a concrete thing/idea |
ex - his hands were like wild birds |
Metaphor
acts in a similar way as similar but doesn't use the words "like" or "as" |
the bridge between 2 things compared is the word "is" or "are" |
ex - an aged man is a tattered coat upon a stick |
Juxtaposition
acts in the same way as simile & metaphor |
no words are used to bridge the comparison |
things compared are placed side by side, so reader mentally assumes a comparison |
ex - black car rumbling at a red light; bull pawing the ground while red cape flutters |
Abstract
something separate from physical object |
can't be seen, heard, smelled, touched or tasted, but are understood as real |
ex - happiness, sweetness |
Concrete
physical objects that can be experienced from the 1 of the 5 senses |
ex - roses, fries |
Imagist Poems
unfixed form, not a sonnet |
variety, irregularity, indivisuality |
free verse (no rhyme or rhythm) |
strong visual image |
expressions & communication of a momentary experience is most important |
concreteness (real) |
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