Used to describe the repetition of vowel
sounds in neighbouring syllables
eg. deep sea
Caesura
A pause or breathing-place about the
middle of a metrical line, generally
indicated by a pause in the sense
Enjambement
The effect achieved when the syntax of a
line of verse transgresses the limits set by
the metre at the end of the verse
Iambic Pentameter
an unrhymed line of five feet in which the
dominant accent usually falls on the second
syllable of each foot
Dramatic irony
occurs when an audience of a play
know some crucial piece of
information that the characters
onstage do not know
Lexical set
words that are habitually used within a given
environment constitute a lexical set
eg. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc.
Monorhyme
A rhyme scheme in
which all lines rhyme
Plosive
A consonantal sound in the
formation of which the
passage of air is completely
blocked, such as 'p', 'b', 't'
Refrain
A repeated line, phrase or group of
lines, which recurs at regular
intervals through a poem or song
Rhythmn
A term designating the
pattern of stressed and
unstressed syllables in
verse or prose
Feminine Rhyme
Occurs when two syllables are
rhymed ('mother | brother')
Half Rhyme
occurs when the final consonants are the
same but the preceding vowels are not.
('love | have')
Eye Rhyme
occurs when two syllables
look the same but are
pronounced differently ('kind
| wind')
Synecdoche
The rhetorical figure whereby a part is
substituted for a whole ('a suit entered
the room'), or, a whole is substituted for
a part (as when a policeman is called
'the law' or a manager is called 'the
management'