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13926262523Anthropomorphismwhen inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena are given human characteristics, behavior, or motivation0
13926284987BurlesqueA burlesque is broad parody, one that takes a style or a form such as tragic drama and exaggerates it into ridiculousness.1
13926320048DirgeA song for the dead. Its tone is typically slow, heavy, and melancholy.2
13926339209Doggerelcrude, simplistic verse, often in sing-song rhyme3
13926349074Enjambmentthe continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause4
13926365410Masculine Rhymea rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable (aka, regular old rhyme).5
13926770074RequiemA song of prayer for the dead.6
13926780555VerisimilitudeThe appearance of being real or true,7
13926786625ZeugmaThe use of a word to modify two or more words but used for different meanings.8
13926804063TravestyThe distortion, corruption, or terribly false representation of something.9

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