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4926163441AlliterationThe repetition of identical or similar constant sounds, normally at the beginning of words.0
4926163442AllusionA reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known his store call or a literary literary event, a person, or work.1
4926163443AntithesisA figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas, as in "man prophecies: God provinces"2
4926163444ApostropheA figure of speech in which someone usually but not always absent, someone abstract quality, or a nonexistent personage is directly addressed as though present3
4926163445AssonanceThe repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds.4
4926163446Blank verseUnrhymed iambic pentameter5
4926163447CacophonyA harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds are tones6
4926163448CaesuraA pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse, usually indicated by the sense of the line, and often greater than the normal pause.7
4926163449ConsonanceThe repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words8
4926163450CoupletA two line stanza, usually with and rhymes the same9
4926163451Devices of soundThe techniques of deploying the sound of words especially in poetry10
4926163452DictionThe use of words in a literary work11
4926163453Didactic poemA poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson12
4926163454Dramatic poemA poem orange employs a dramatic farm or some element or elements of dramatic techniques as a means of achieving poetic ends13
4926163455ElegyA sustained and formal poem setting forth the power it's mediations upon death or another solemn theme.14

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