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| reference to a well-known historical even, person, place, work |
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| the rep. of identical or similar consonant sounds. Usually at beginning |
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| a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrsting words, clauses, sentences or ideas. For emphasis and effect |
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| a figure of speech in which something or someone absent is addressed directly |
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| repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds |
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| a four-line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four |
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| unrhymed iambic pentameter. (Shakespeare) |
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| a harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones |
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| A pause, usually in the middle of a line |
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| ingenious/fanciful notion or conception, expressed through elaborate analogy, paralles between two seemingly different things |
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| the repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words |
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| a two-line stanza, usually with end ryhmes the same |
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| ex: rhyme, alliteration, assonance etc. used to deploy sound of words |
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| word choice (formal, informal, colloquial) |
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| a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson |
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| poem which deploys dramatic form or dramatic technique |
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| a sustained/formal poem setting forth poet's mediataions upon death or another solemn theme |
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| a line with a pause at the end. end in period, comma, colon...etc. |
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| continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line to the next |
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| implied analogy, comparioson which is carried throughout the stanza or entire poem |
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| opposite of cacophony. Style which combinations of words pleasant to ear predominate |
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| rhyme that appears correct because spelling but with pronunciation does not rhyme |
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| a rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed..a.k.a double rhyme |
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| :metaphor, simile, irony. Mean something else than internal meaning |
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| poetry which is not written in a tradish meter but still rhymical |
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| two end-stopped imabic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc with the thought usually completed in teh two line unit |
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| a deliberate, extravagant, often outrageous exaggeration. used for serious or comic effect |
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| images of work, sensory details of work, fig. lang. of work. visual images evoked by work |
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| contrast btwn actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning. figure of speech which actual intent is expressed in words which carry opp. meeting |
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| rhyme that occurs within line rather than at the end |
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| any short poem that presents a single speaker who expresses thoughts and feelings |
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| rhyme that falls on the strssed and concluding syllables of the rhyme words ex: keep and sleep |
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| a fig lang. comparison w/o use of like or as but rather is |
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| repetiton of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry. known as a foot. |
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| a fig of speech which is characterized by the substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind |
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| the mingling of one metaphor with another immediately following the first |
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| a non-dramatic poem, whether simple or complex, long or short. EX:ballads and epics |
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| use of words who sounds suggest meaning |
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| a situation or action or feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true or at least make sense |
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| form of paradox. Combines pair of contrary terms into single expression |
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| similar grammatical structure within a line or lines of poerty |
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| restatement of ideas in such a way that it retains meaning while changing diction or form. for clarity |
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| a kind of metaphor that gives inatimate objects human characteristics |
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| 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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| a play on words that are similar/identical in sound but have sharply diverse meanings |
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| four line stanza with any combo of rhymes |
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| a group of words forming a phrase or sentence and consisting of one or more lines repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at end of stanza |
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| close similarity or identity of sound btwn accented syllables occupying corresponding positions in two or more lines of verse |
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| a seven line stanza of iambic pentamter rhymed ababbcc |
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| recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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| type of irony in which person appears praising but actually insulting |
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| writing that seeks to arouse reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule. comedy that exposes error |
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| a system for describing the meter of a poem by identifying the number and the type of feet per line |
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| a directly expressed comparrioson. use like or as |
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| fourteen line imabic petameter poem. |
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| a repeated grouping of three or more lines with same meter and rhyme scheme |
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| management of lang. for a specific effect. planned pacing of elements to achieve an effect |
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| arrangement of materials within a work, divisions of work |
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| mode of expression in lang. characteristic manner of expression in author |
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| something that means one thing itself but also some deeper meaning |
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| a form of metaphor which in mentioning a part signifies for the whole |
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| ordering words in pattern or sentences |
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| a stanza with three lines aba bcb or cdc |
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| a three line stanza, each line ends in same rhyme |
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| main thought expressed by work. abstract concept |
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| manner in which author expresses his/her attitude |
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| opposite of hyperbole. represents in ironic way something less than it is |
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| nineteen line stanze divided into five tercets and final quatrain |
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