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| Poetry that tells a story/ballad or epic in style |
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| Song like poem that tells a story, often one dealing with adventure or romance |
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| Long narrative poem that tells a story of the deeds of gods or heroes; full of sentiment |
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| Group of lines in a poem, considered a unit |
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| Repeated line of group of lines in a poem or song |
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| Pattern of beats or stresses in written or spoken language |
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| Regular patterns of accent that underline metrical vers |
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| Basic unit of measurement of verse; usually contains one accented syllable and 1 or 2 unaccented syllables |
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| Metrical foot consisting of on unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable |
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| Line of verse consisting of 5 metrical feet |
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| Metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable |
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| Line of verse consisting of four metrical feet |
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| Highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single person |
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