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The Tools of Poetry 3: Repetition & Rhyme

The Tools of Poetry 3: Repetition & Rhyme. English I Honors Mr. Popovich. Repetition In Poetry. Repetition is one of the main ways a poet uses language to create particular sound effects. One form of repetition is known as a refrain : a word, phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated

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The Tools of Poetry 3: Repetition & Rhyme

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  1. The Tools of Poetry 3:Repetition & Rhyme English I Honors Mr. Popovich

  2. Repetition In Poetry Repetition is one of the main ways a poet uses language to create particular sound effects. One form of repetition is known as a refrain: a word, phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated in its entirety (i.e. exactly the same). Can you think of a refrain from a song you know well?

  3. This knowledge, from an Angel's voice Proceeding, made the heart rejoice —from “The Pilgrim’s Dream” by William Wordsworth Repetition In Poetry The most common repetition in poetry is rhyme. Rhymeis the repetition of the accented vowel sound AND all subsequent sounds in a word. A rhyme at the ends of lines is called end rhyme.

  4. Rhyme Scheme The rhyme schemeis the repeated pattern of end rhymes within a particular stanza. Be sure you know the following stanzas: couplet, tercet, quatrain, sestet, octave A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. —from “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal” by William Wordsworth What is the rhyme scheme in this quatrain?

  5. Other Rhymes Internal rhyme is a rhyme within a single line. The sails at noon left off their tune, —from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge • In anexact rhyme, the words rhyme perfectly. • In anear rhyme, the sounds are similar but not exactly the same. heart—start flicker—thicker ordering—bordering light—late whisper—winter bays—waves

  6. Other Rhymes Quick Check All suddenly the wind comes soft, And Spring is here again; And the hawthorn quickens with buds of green,   And my heart with buds of pain. My heart all Winter lay so numb The earth so dead and frore That I never thought the Spring would come Or my heart wake any more. —from “Song” by Rupert Brooke Identify the exact and near end rhymes in these stanzas. exact rhymes: numb/come frore/more near rhymes: again/green/pain

  7. Other Repetitions Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that appear close together. Example: “A long, long yellow on the lawn” —Emily Dickenson Consonance is the repetition of internal and final (but not initial) consonant sounds in words. Example: “As in guys she gently sways at ease” —Robert Frost Assonance is the repetition of internal vowel sounds. Example: “The crumbling thunder under the sea” —R.L. Stevenson

  8. Other Repetitions Quick Check And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain —from “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe Identify the alliteration, consonance, and assonance in this line. Alliteration: silken/sad Consonance: uncertain/rustling Assonance: purple/curtain

  9. The End

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