End-stopped line - A line of poetry that ends in a definite pause (, Caesura - A pause in a line of poetry. Punctuation creates this pause., Volta - A turning point or a shift in a poem when the tone or argument changes dramatically., Stanza - A group of lines in a poem., Enjambment - When a sentence of phrase runs over from one line or stanza to the next without punctuation at the end of the line., Dramatic monologue - A poem narrated by a single persona (a fictional identity distinct from the poet) which addresses an implied audience., Sonnet - Usually 14 lines long and consist of a regular rhyme scheme. They are typically about love., Free verse - Consists of lines of irregular length and no set rhythm. The poem doesn’t have to rhyme (but sometimes does). It sounds more like natural speech., Narrative Poem - A poem which tells a story using rhyme and rhythm., Tercet - A three-line stanza, Quatrain - A four-line stanza, Couplet - A pair of lines (usually with the same metre)., A rhyming couplet - A couplet where the final words of each line rhyme., A rhyming triplet - The final words of three successive lines rhyme with each other., Alliteration - Repetition of a sound at the beginning of consecutive words, such as ‘the big, bold, blue sea.’, Assonance - Repetition of vowel sounds in consecutive or nearby words, such as ‘the sound was loud’., Personification - A particular type of image in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics., Sibilance - Producing a hissing sound like that of 's' or 'sh'.,

Poetry: Language, Structure, Form

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