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@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ The course code for this page is **ENG3UZ**.
- Rhyme scheme: The rhyming pattern or structure at the end of each line of poetry.
- e.g., the above poem uses ABAB as its rhyme scheme.
- Rhythm: The usage of stressed and unstressed syllables to demonstrate patterns, especially in verses.
- Anapest: Three syllables, in which the first two are unstressed while the last is stressed.
- e.g., *"'Twas the* ***night*** *before* ***Christ****mas and* ***all*** *through the* ***house****"*
- Dactyl: Three syllables, in which the first is stressed while the rest are unstressed.
- Anapest: Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (uu/).
- e.g., *"Understand?"*
- Dactyl: A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (/uu).
- e.g., *"Marvelous!"*
- Iamb: Two syllables, in which the first is unstressed while the second is stressed.
- Iamb: An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (u/).
- e.g., *To be, or not to be, that is the question.*
- Spondee: Two syllables, both of which are stressed.
- Spondee: A stressed syllable followed by another stressed syllable (//).
- e.g., *"Rage, rage against the dying of the light."* ("Do not go gentle into that good night", Dylan Thomas)
- Trochee: Two syllables, in which the first is stressed while the second is unstressed.
- Trochee: A stressed syllable followed an unstressed syllable (/u).
- e.g., *Double, double, toil and trouble* (*Macbeth*, William Shakespeare)
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