Vocab 4

A verse of four measures. 4 stressed syllables, 4 poetic feet.

5 poetic feet,

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Containing a trochee

trochee- stressed, unstressed

Repetitive beat

Consistency of pattern

Both syllables stressed

Unstressed , unstressed , stressed

Rhythm, no rhyme

Full stop within the line

When there is a line break, there is no pause

Purposefully bad poetry

Humorous imitation

Addresses an imaginary character (Example: O death, where is your sting?)

Any language that appeals to senses (visual-sight, auditory-sound, olfactory-smell, tactile-touch, gustatory-taste)

An object or person is described by what it's associated with (the White House, the Crown)

a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ).

• a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.
• synonyms:

Give human qualities, possessing human form, to objects or abstractions (Hunger sat shivering on the road)

Synecdoche: An object is described by its part (all hands on deck, mighty heart)

A literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life, usually in an idealized way

Charming, picturesque

Any language that appeals to senses (visual-sight, auditory-sound, olfactory-smell, tactile-touch, gustatory-taste