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8855034739Efficacythe ability to produce a desired or intended result0
8855086534Terza RimaAn arrangement of triplets, especially in iambs, that rhyme aba bcb cdc1
8855106851Personificationthe attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form2
8855990349Extended Metaphoran author's exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked tenors, vehicles, and grounds throughout a poem or story3
8856000789Injuriouscausing or likely to cause damage or harm4
8856009760Ballad Meterthe meter common in English ballads consisting chiefly of iambic lines of 7 accents each arranged in rhymed pairs and usually printed as the 4-line ballad stanza5
8856022248Symbola thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract6
8856030901Flippantnot showing a serious or respectful attitude7
8856038533Congenitalhaving a particular trait from birth or by firmly established habit8
8856045410Primevalbased on primitive instinct; raw and elementary9
8856055226Epigrammaticof the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing10
8856066082Heroic Coupleta pair of rhyming iambic pentameters, much used by Chaucer and the poets of the 17th and 18th centuries such as Alexander Pope11
8856074070Countenancea person's face or facial expression12
8856106512Free Versepoetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter13
8856113212Apostrophean exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person14
8856121383Allegorya story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one15
8856132316Embodimentthe representation or expression of something in a tangible or visible form16
8856139625Imperviousunable to be affected by17
8856149580Rhetorical devicesa technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective18
8856165514Blank Verseverse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter19

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