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Alliteration

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the repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words

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allusion

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a reference in a work of literature to something outside the work

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antithesis

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a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas

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apostrophe

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a figure of speech in which someone, some abstract quality, or a nonexistent personage is directly addressed as though present

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assonance

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the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds

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ballad meter

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a four line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three three feet in lines two and four

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blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter

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cacophony

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a harsh combination of sounds or tones

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caesura

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a pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse

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Conceit

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an ingenious and fanciful notion or conception

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consonance

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the repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words

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couplet

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a two line stanza

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devices of sound

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the techniques of deploying the sound of words

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diction

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the use of words in a literary work

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didactic poem

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a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson

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dramatic poem

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a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson

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elegy

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a sustained and formal poem setting forth the poet’s meditations upon death or another solemn theme

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end-stopped

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a line with a pause at the end

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enjambment

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the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next

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extended metaphor

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an implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem

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euphony

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a style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate. It’s opposite is cacophony

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eye rhyme

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rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is half-rhyme or slant rhyme from the pronunciation

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feminine rhyme

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a rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed

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figurative language

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writing that uses figures of speech such as metaphor, irony, and simile

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free verse
poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical
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heroic couplet
two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb,cc, with the thought usually completed in the two line unit
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hyperbole
a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration
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imagery
the images of literary work
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irony
the contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning. differs from sarcasm
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internal rhyme
rhyme that occurs within a line rather than at the end
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lyric poem
any short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thought and feelings
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masculine rhyme
rhyme that falls on the stressed and concluding syllables of the rhyme-words
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metaphor
a figurative use of language in which a comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term like as like or than
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meter
the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
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metonymy
a figure of speech which is characterized by the substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself
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mixed metaphors
the mingling of one metaphor with another immediately following with which the first is incongruous
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narrative poem
a non dramatic poem which tells a story or presents a narrative whether simple or complex long or short
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octave
an eight line stanza
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onomatopoeia
the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning
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oxymoron
a form of paradox that combines a pair of contrary terms into a single expression
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paradox
a situation or action or feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true or at lease to make sense
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parallelism
a similar grammatical structure within a line or lines of poetry
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paraphrase
a restatement of an ideas in such a way as to retain the meaning while changing the diction and form
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personification
a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characterisitics
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poetic foor
a group of syllables in verse usually consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables associated with it
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pun
a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings
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quatrain
a four line stanza with any combination of rhymes
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refrain
a group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza
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rhyme
close similarity or identity of sound between accented syllables occupying corresponding positions in two or more lines of verse
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rhyme royal
a seven line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc
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rhythm
the recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables
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sarcasm
a type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it
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satire
writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule.
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scansion
a system for describing the meter of a poem by identifying the number and the types of feet per line
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sestet
a six line stanza
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simile
a directly expressed compatison
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sonnet
normally a fourteen line iambic pentameter poem
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stanza
usually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme
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strategy
the management of language for a specific effect
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structure
the arrangement of materials within a work
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style
the mode of expression in language
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symbol
something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else
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synecdoche
a form of metaphor which in mentioning a part signifies the whole
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syntax
the ordering of words into patterns or sentences
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tercet
a stanza of three lines in which each line ends with the same rhyme
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terza rima
a three line stanza rhymed aba bcb cdc
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theme
the main thought expressed by a work
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tone
the manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude
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understatement
the opposite of hyperbole, it is a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is
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villanelle
a nineteen-line poem divided into five tercets and a final quatrain

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