4926163441 | Alliteration | The repetition of identical or similar constant sounds, normally at the beginning of words. | 0 | |
4926163442 | Allusion | A 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 | |
4926163443 | Antithesis | A figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas, as in "man prophecies: God provinces" | 2 | |
4926163444 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech in which someone usually but not always absent, someone abstract quality, or a nonexistent personage is directly addressed as though present | 3 | |
4926163445 | Assonance | The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds. | 4 | |
4926163446 | Blank verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter | 5 | |
4926163447 | Cacophony | A harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds are tones | 6 | |
4926163448 | Caesura | A 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 | |
4926163449 | Consonance | The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words | 8 | |
4926163450 | Couplet | A two line stanza, usually with and rhymes the same | 9 | |
4926163451 | Devices of sound | The techniques of deploying the sound of words especially in poetry | 10 | |
4926163452 | Diction | The use of words in a literary work | 11 | |
4926163453 | Didactic poem | A poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson | 12 | |
4926163454 | Dramatic poem | A poem orange employs a dramatic farm or some element or elements of dramatic techniques as a means of achieving poetic ends | 13 | |
4926163455 | Elegy | A sustained and formal poem setting forth the power it's mediations upon death or another solemn theme. | 14 |
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