Vocabulary

Boss Marty Mix Pai Prim 1101

List of vocabulary
1.Assonance
2.Stanza
3.Theme
4.Meter

Assonance
The use of same vowel sounds

Assonance
Repetition of similar vowel sounds.

Assonance
EXAMPLES:
Through the balmy air of night
How they ring out their delight!

Stanza
Group of lines

Stanza
Couplet - 2 lines stanza
Triplet/Tercet - 3 lines stanza
Quatrain - 4 lines stanza
Cinquain - 5 lines
Sestet - 6 lines
Septet - 7 lines
Octave - 8 lines

Stanza
EXAMPLES:
Aaaaaaaaa aaa a aaaa
Aaaaaaaa AA aaaa aaa
Bbbbb bb Bbbbb Bbbbb
Bbbbbbb bbb Bbbbbbb b

Theme
Main Idea

Theme
Main idea
Underlying meaning

Types of theme
Major theme - significant idea
Minor theme - appear in work briefly

Example
Romeo and Juliet
theme (major) - loving in an inappropriate way led to
suffering & lose
theme (minor) - Not being cautious can result in the
lose of precious things

Subject Vs Theme
Subject = Topic
Theme = opinion on subject (from writer)
example:
Subject: War
Theme: War is a curse of Humanity

Meter
Stressed/Unstressed

Meter
Pattern of beats
Provide Rhythm
Stressed and Unstressed pattern

Types of Meter
Lambic (Unstressed/Stressed)
Trochaic (Stressed/Unstressed)
Spondaic (Sressed/Stressed)
Anapestic (Unstressed/Unstressed/Stressed)
Dactylic (Stressed/Unstressed/Unstressed)

Example
Cry, cry! Troy burns, or else let Helen go.
From Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

That time of year thou mayst in me behold.

Citation
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Literary Device (n.d.). Theme. Retrived from

http://literarydevices.net/theme/
Literary Divice (n.d.). Meter. Retrived from
http://literarydevices.net/meter/
H. Rusche (n.d.). Rhythm and Meter in English poetry. Retrived
from http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Handbook/meter.html
Your Dictionary (n.d.). Assonance Examples. Retrived from
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/assonance-examples.html