Devices

• iambic pentameter


  a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable
• iambic tetrameter


  contains eight syllables and four iambic feet
• iambic feet


  an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
• Enjambment


  the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
• Pleonasm


  the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning [e.g see with one's eyes, tuna fish]
• Hypophora


  raising a question then proceeding to answer it
• Anastrophe


  Inversion of the natural or usual word order

  yoda
• Couplet


  Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
• comparing poems structure


  p1 - any key theme shown in both poems

  P2 - form & structure - stanza length & rhythm, enjambment & ceasura, etc

  P3 - language devices - oxymorons etc
• Anaphora


  repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
• Ceasura


  A distinct pause within a line of verse, often near the center.
• Plosives


  p, b, t, d, k, g
• Tone Shift


  when the speaker's tone changes
• direct speech


  The actual words that are said by someone
• Exlamatory Phrases


  excitement or shock
• imperative sentence


  A sentence that requests or commands.
• blank verse


  unrhymed iambic pentameter
• free verse


  Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme