Form, Style, and Poetic Technique (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Rhyme scheme of 'The Wild Swans at Coole'
Rhyme scheme of 'The Wild Swans at Coole'
ABABCC in sestets
Refrain repeated in 'Easter 1916'
Refrain repeated in 'Easter 1916'
A terrible beauty is born
Spondaic metre
Spondaic metre
Two stressed syllables together
Form of 'The Second Coming'
Form of 'The Second Coming'
Prophetic free verse
Ottava rima
Ottava rima
Eight-line stanza, ABABCCDD rhyme scheme
Enjambment
Enjambment
Running sentences across line breaks
Caesura
Caesura
Mid-line pause
Anaphora
Anaphora
Repeated words/phrases at line beginnings
Hypotaxis
Hypotaxis
Cascading subordinate clauses
Anapaestic acceleration
Anapaestic acceleration
Two unstressed syllables + stressed (da-da-DUM)