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such as stress, intonation, syllable length, and pause (including caesura) influence rhythm. The arrangement of these elements within a line determines its overall rhythm.

Rhyme is the repetition of similar sounds, usually at the ends of lines in poetry

a. Perfect rhyme (e.g., "bat" and "hat") b. Slant rhyme (also called near rhyme, e.g., "worm" and "swarm") c. Internal rhyme (when a rhyme occurs within a line of poetry) d. End rhyme (when rhyming words occur at the ends of lines)

is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely placed words (e.g., "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers").

is the repetition of vowel sounds within words, especially in stressed syllables (e.g., "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain").

refers to the repetition of consonant sounds, which can occur at the beginning, middle, or end of words (e.g., "pitter-patter").

A stanza is a grouped set of lines in a poem, separated by a space from other stanzas. Common stanza forms in English include: • Couplet (two lines) • Tercet (three lines) • Quatrain (four lines) • Cinquain (five lines) • Sestet (six lines) • Octave (eight lines)

A sonnet is a 14-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that explores themes such as love, time, or nature

Composed of three quatrains and a final couplet, with the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

Divided into an octave and a sestet, with the rhyme scheme ABBAABBA for the octave and various patterns (e.g., CDECDE) for the sestet.

A line of poetry that concludes with a natural pause or punctuation (such as a period, comma, or semicolon).

A line of poetry that does not end with a punctuation mark and flows into the next line without a pause.

A pause or break within a line of poetry, often used to create a dramatic effect or rhythm.

The omission of a vowel or syllable in speech or poetry, often to maintain meter (e.g., "o'er" for "over").

The opposite of elision, it involves adding syllables or words to a line for rhythmic or stylistic reasons.

The use of words that imitate or suggest the sound of the object or action they refer to (e.g., "buzz," "clang," "sizzle").

in poetry refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. It creates a musical quality and structure in language