Definitions: Chapter 22 – “Sounds”; Chapter 23 – “Patterns of Rhythm”
Onomatopoeia: the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes.
Alliteration: the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of the word or a stressed syllable.
Assonance: the repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words that so not end the same.
Euphony: refers to language that is smooth and pleasant to the ear.
Cacophony: language that is discordant or difficult to pronounce.
Rhyme: the repetition of identical or similar concluding syllables in different words, most often at the end of lines.
Consonance: a common type of near rhyme that consists of identical consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds.
Rhythm: a term used to refer to the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds of poetry.
Meter: when a rhythmic pattern of stresses occurs in a poem
Line: a sequence of words printed as a separate entity on the page.
Iambic pentameter: consists of five iambic feet per line (one unstressed followed by one stressed).
Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter (most closely resembles natural human speech).
Enjambment: when one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning.