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Glossario dei termini letterari
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound in the stressed syllables of a series of consecutive words
Example
(..) dragonflies draw flame
Assonance
The repetition of the same vowel sound in the stressed syllables of a series of consecutive words.
Example
Till now the doubtful dusk
Consonance
The repetition of the same consonant sound(s) in a group of words
Example
No one will break ranks, though nations trek from progress
Enjambment or run on line
A line of poetry in which the sentence continues into next line
Example
Coming up England by a different line
For once (….)
Layout
How the text is arranged and looks on the page.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which meaning is conveyed by describing one object in terms of another.
Example
Life is a walking shadow
Onomatopeia
Words whose sounds suggest their meanings
Example
Splash, slam, bang….
Personification
The referring to inanimate objects or ideas as if they were animate
Rhyme
The repetition of the same sound, generally at the end of two or more lines of verse.
This holds the poem together and creates a rhyming pattern. Rhymes are called “masculine” when the last syllable carries the stress
Example
May/day
Rhymes are called “feminine” when the last syllable is unstressed.
Example
Swallow/follow
Rhythm
How stressed and unstressed syllables are arranged into a pattern
Simile
A figure of speech in which one thing is said to be like another.
A simile always contains a word such as “like” or “as” |
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