Rythm Definition

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What is Rythm?

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A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.

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Stressed syllables

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A syllable uttered in a higher pitch—or with greater emphasis—than others.

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Unstressed syllables

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a part of a word that you say with less emphasis than the stressed syllable(s).

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Refrain

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A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem

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Couplet

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a pair of consecutive lines of poetry that create a complete thought or idea

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Internal rhyme

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rhyme that occurs in the middle of lines of poetry, instead of at the ends of lines

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Free verse

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poetry that lacks a consistent rhyme scheme, metrical pattern, or musical form

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Blank verse

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poetry written in unrhymed but metered lines, almost always iambic pentameter

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Imagery

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words that trigger the reader to recall images, or mental pictures, that engage one of the five senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch.

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Iambic pentameter

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a line of verse composed of ten syllables arranged in five metrical feet (iambs), each of which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.