English 10 May 20

THE CHUNK OR THE GROUP OF LINES IN A VERSE, PRACTICALLY JUST THE VERSE LIKE THE CHUNK OF ALL THE LINES

vivid word pictures i.e "Lonely sea" or "blowing spray"

uses "like" or "as" to compare two things

"The movie may be in black and white, but it is not a silent picture show"

Established patterns

The rhyme

Each group of syllables in a poem

one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl

one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl

two unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl