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| an extra syllable in an otherwise regulated metrical line. (The line “Such waltzing was not easy” is supposed to be in iambic trimeter, but it has one extra unstressed syllable.) |
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a pause within a line of verse. It is not counted as part of the metrical pattern. The following line has a clear caesura in the middle:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. |
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| Obvious rhymes in words such as “wing” and “sing” are |
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| When words are not true rhyming words but almost rhyme (“prawn” and “thrown”; “steep” and “tape”; “angle” and “tingle”; “moaning” and “drowning”; “penniless” and “wilderness”), |
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| uses words of more than one syllable that end with a light stress (“pages” and “wages”; “I’m serious” and “delirious”; “on a mission” and “competition”). |
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| words rhyme on a single stressed syllable (“wing” and “sing”; “dear” and “steer”; “conflate” and “debate”; “the void” and “annoyed”). |
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is the use of a word that, through its sound as well as its sense, represents what it defines.
9. Our neighbor tap-tapped at the door.
10. The bees buzzed around the flower.
11. The snake slithered and hissed across the sand. |
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| has a light stress followed by a heavy stress: ˘ ’ (again, enough, delight) |
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| has a heavy stress followed by a light stress: ’ ˘ (battle, thunder, hero) |
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| has a heavy stress followed by two light stresses: ’ ˘ ˘ (adamant, thunderbolt, nunnery) |
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| has two light stresses followed by a heavy stress: ˘ ˘ ’ (intercept, overwhelm, in a pinch, on the sly, from behind) |
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has two equal heavy stresses: ’ ’
(drop dead, bon-bons) |
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| has three syllables, with stress on the middle syllable: ˘ ’ ˘ (unsightly, disastrous, repulsive) |
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| has one light stress followed by two heavy stresses: ˘ ’ ’ (to win big, I feel great, before dawn) |
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is the repetition of vowel sounds within words in a line or lines of verse.
7. The fool was duped by goonish dudes.
8. A weak smell of steamed meat permeated the premises. |
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is the repetition of interior consonants, often in collaboration with alliteration.
4. Does Lily like my lovely dolly?
5. Everyone should answer an urgent letter very promptly.
6. We repaired the chipped upper lip of the cup. |
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is the repetition of the initial sounds of words in a line or lines of verse.
1. Does Lily like my lovely dolly?
2. Be bold before trouble.
3. Tiny Timmy took two little steps. |
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