Monday, October 13, 2008

Poetry Terms

Rhythm: recurring at regular intervals, cycle
Rhyme Scheme: patterns of rhyme throughout poem
Alliteration: repetition of the same consonant sound at beggining of word
Anaphora: word or phrase repeated at the beginning of lines
Consonance: repetition of consonant sounds, not limited to first letters of word
Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds

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