SOUND TERMINOLOGY the use of words beginning with the same consonants or any vowel Alliteration – sounds in successive or closely associated syllables, especially stressed syllables i.e. “In a summer season, where soft was sun…” OR alliteration’s artful aid is often an “Apt occasional ornament in prose.” similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different Assonance – consonant sounds i.e. and demonstrate rhyme. and show “Lake” “fake” “Lake” “fate” assonance. & the use at the end of verses of in which the final consonants in Consonance – the stressed syllables agree but the vowels that precede them differ i.e. “add-read,” “born-burn” a refrain repeated each stanza in a poem or song Chorus – poetry a basic unit of rhythm in poetry, made up of a fixed combination of Foot – stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables a ten syllable line in which for every two syllables, the first is short Iambic pentameter – or unaccented while the second is long or accented; used by Shakespeare sound devices, the main one being rhyme (assonance, onomatopoeia, Melody – alliteration) an arranged pattern of rhythm in a line of verse Meter – the repeated use of a grammatical pattern in a line or lines of a Parallelism – poem - four lines, usually having one of these rhyme schemes abab, abba, Quatrain – abcb a group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or Refrain – more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza a poetic device marked by a repetition or partial repetition of a word Repetend – or phrase frequently throughout a stanza or poem. Repetend differs from refrain in that the refrain usually appears at predetermined places within the poem, whereas the repetend offers an element of surprise by appearing irregularly.
SOUND TERMINOLOGY Alliteration – the use of words beginning with the same consonants or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables, especially stressed syllables i.e. “In a summer season, where soft was sun…” OR “Apt alliteration’s artful aid is often an occasional ornament in prose.” Assonance – similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds i.e. “Lake” and “fake” demonstrate rhyme. “Lake” and “fate” show assonance. & Consonance – the use at the end of verses of in which the final consonants in the stressed syllables agree but the vowels that precede them differ i.e. “add-read,” “born-burn” Chorus – a refrain repeated each stanza in a poem or song Foot – poetry a basic unit of rhythm in poetry, made up of a fixed combination of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables Iambic pentameter – a ten syllable line in which for every two syllables, the first is short or unaccented while the second is long or accented; used by Shakespeare Melody – sound devices, the main one being rhyme (assonance, onomatopoeia, alliteration) Meter – an arranged pattern of rhythm in a line of verse Parallelism – the repeated use of a grammatical pattern in a line or lines of a poem Quatrain - four lines, usually having one of these rhyme schemes – abab, abba, abcb Refrain – a group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza Repetend – a poetic device marked by a repetition or partial repetition of a word or phrase frequently throughout a stanza or poem. Repetend differs from refrain in that the refrain usually appears at predetermined places within the poem, whereas the repetend offers an element of surprise by appearing irregularly.