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| the omission of an unstressed vowel, consonant, or syllable to preserve the meter of a poem |
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| repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words |
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| a group of lines in a poem |
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| a type of imagery that appeals to a reader's sense of touch |
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| lines for which the sense/concept and grammar end at the end of the line |
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| repetition of consonant sounds |
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| a type of imagery that appeals to a reader's sense of taste |
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| the pattern of rhyme in a poem |
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| four lines of poetry focused on one idea or using a particular rhyme scheme |
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| "run-on" lines, whose sense and grammar run into the next line |
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| a comparison of two unlike things |
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| minimizing the severity of a topic |
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| a type of imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of sight |
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| using a part to signify the whole |
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| reversal of standard syntax in a sentence |
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| giving human qualities to non-human things |
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| substituting an attribute of a thing for the thing itself |
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| two lines of poetry focused on a certain idea or following a certain rhyme scheme |
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| a pause in a line of poetry, often achieved by the use of punctuation |
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| the comparison of two unlike things using like or as |
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| a type of imagery that appeals to a reader's sense of hearing |
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| three lines of poetry focused on a certain idea or following a certain rhyme scheme |
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| repetition of the same structure at the beginning of consecutive lines |
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| repetition of vowel sounds |
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| the structure of words in a sentence or line of poetry |
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| a type of imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of smell |
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| determining and graphically representing the meter of a line of verse |
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| an object or action that represents something beyond itself |
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