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| Poem or lament for the dead; sometimes cpmposed in elegiac couplets |
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| A poem that explores and idea or image |
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| A poem that creates an atmosphere |
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| Tells a story about a person or an event |
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| A poem dealing with shepherds, flocks, nature and love and such |
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| The character saying the poem, not necessarily the poet |
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| Conversation between characters--In poetry, may not be placed in quotation marks |
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| The one speaker speaks to in some, not necessarily the audience |
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| The individual person(or type of person) for whom the poem was written |
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| A series of events or "storyline" |
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| The general time and place that may provide the context of a poem |
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| A specific event to which a poem refers to or responds |
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| An imaginary person in a poem |
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| Attitude of the speaker toward the subject |
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| A character that stays the same |
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| A struggle between(or within) characters, forces, ideas, etc |
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| A series of events that show the conflict building |
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| The turning point, or point of highest tension in the action of a poem |
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| Words of phrases that create pictures, sounds, smells, etc |
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| Direct comparison.. of normally unlike objects |
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| Putting human characteristics to a non-human thing |
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| The thing itself and a much larger and/ or more diverse meaning |
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| A contrast between what the reader knows and the characters don't |
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| A contrast between the unexpected and the expected |
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| A contrast between what is meant and what is not meant(a lie) |
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| Patterns in the authors choice of words to convey tone, character |
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| The emotional quality of a word(house, home) (dog, canine) (naked, nude) |
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| The dictionary definition. Double entendres arise if more than a meaning |
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| Repetition of initial consonants: tired and true |
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| Words that make the same sound as their meaning; buzz; plop |
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| Two words within the same line rhyme |
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| Two words within separate lines rhyme |
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| Words at the end of the line rhyme |
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| Ten syllables per line, alternating one stressed and an unstressed |
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| A division or part of a poem, sometimes repeated in the same form |
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