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  2. Enjambment - Wikipedia

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    Enjambment has a long history in poetry. Homer used the technique, and it is the norm for alliterative verse where rhyme is unknown. [9] In the 32nd Psalm of the Hebrew Bible enjambment is unusually conspicuous. [10] It was used extensively in England by Elizabethan poets for dramatic and narrative verses, before giving way to closed couplets.

  3. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    Enjambment–The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, ... Poetic form [3] is the physical structure of the poem: the length ...

  4. Line (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    Prose poetry is poetry without line breaks in accordance to paragraph structure as opposed to stanza. Enjambment is a line break in the middle of a sentence, phrase or clause, or one that offers internal (sub)text or rhythmically jars for added emphasis.

  5. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Broken rhyme: a type of enjambment producing a rhyme by dividing a word at the line break of a poem to make a rhyme with the end word of another line Chiasmus : repetition of any group of verse elements (including rhyme and grammatical structure) in reverse order.

  6. Rhyme scheme - Wikipedia

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    A quatrain is any four-line stanza or poem. There are 15 possible rhyme sequences for a four-line poem; common rhyme schemes for these include AAAA, AABB, ABAB, ABBA, and ABCB. [citation needed] "The Raven" stanza: ABCBBB, or AA,B,CC,CB,B,B when accounting for internal rhyme, as used by Edgar Allan Poe in his poem "The Raven" Rhyme royal: ABABBCC

  7. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Enjambment occurs when the sense of the line overflows the meter and line break. [3] entr'acte envoi epanalepsis epic poetry A long poem that narrates the victories and adventures of a hero. Such a poem is often identifiable by its lofty or elegant diction. [11] epic simile epic theater epigraph 1. An inscription on a statue, stone, or building. 2.

  8. John Milton's poetic style - Wikipedia

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    The poetic style of John Milton, also known as Miltonic verse, Miltonic epic, or Miltonic blank verse, was a highly influential poetic structure popularized by Milton. Although Milton wrote earlier poetry, his influence is largely grounded in his later poems: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.

  9. Rhyme - Wikipedia

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    Rhyme was introduced into Russian poetry in the 18th century. Folk poetry had generally been unrhymed, relying more on dactylic line endings for effect. Two words ending in an accented vowel are only considered to rhyme if they share a preceding consonant. Vowel pairs rhyme—even though non-Russian speakers may not perceive them as the same sound.