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4021144834Alliterationrepetition of same letter or sound (big beach ball)0
4021149200Allusionreference to someone/something1
4021151728Anapestthree syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed (I must finish my journey alone)2
4021160451Apostropheaddresses an imaginary character in his speech (Macbeth knife, O)3
4021167329Assonancetwo more more words repeat the same vowel sound but have different constant4
4021175672Aubademorning5
4021177881Blank Verseun-rhyming verse in iambic pentameter6
4021180595Cacophonya harsh, discordant mixture of sounds7
4021201539Caesuraa pause near the middle of a line8
4021204253Connotationan idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning9
4021205184consonancerepetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase (pitter patter)10
4021208995Dactylfoot in poetic meter, accented, unaccented, unaccented (humanly)11
4021214098Denotationin contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.12
4021215903Elegycouplets written in honor of the deceased13
4021219673Epiclong narrative (heroes)14
4021224087End Rhymecomes at end of two successive lines15
4021225228End Stop Linepause comes at the end of a sentence (punctuation)16
4021227327Enjambmentmoving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark17
4021229922Euphemisma mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing (Fired vs Let go)18
4021235384Euphonymelody or loveliness in the sounds they create (Autumn)19
4021239318Figurative Languagefigures of speech, senses (metaphor, simile, allusions)20
4021241639Footstressed and unstressed syllables21
4021242789Free Versefree form (meter and rhyme X)22
4021244049Haiku5-7-523
4021247650Heroic Coupletrhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter24
4021251441Hexametera line of verse consisting of six metrical feet, especially of six dactyls (foot)25
4021254886Hyperboleexaggeration26
4021255488Iambmetrical foot used in various types of poetry (short long syllable)27
4021258741Imagea representation of the external form of a person or thing in art28
4021260395Internal Rhymemiddle words and its end words rhymes with each other29
4021261709Ironywords are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words30
4021375596Litotesunderstatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions31
4021376914Lyricpersonally poem and or expression of feelings32
4021377717metaphorcomparison33
4021378130meterstressed/unstressed syllable pattern34
4021378780Metonymyreplaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated35
4021379523Narrative Poemrelated events arranged into a logical sequence36
4021380871Octavea poem or stanza of eight lines37
4021382030Odepraises people or ideas38
4021384010Onomatopoeiathe formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named39
4021385831Oxymorontwo opposite ideas are joined to create an effect (cruel kindness)40
4021388041Paradoxstatement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth ( I am nobody)41
4021389735Parodyexaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect42
4021391044Patrolpoem about Shepherds and field43
4021393289Pathetic Fallacyattributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate objects of nature44
4021393998Pentameterfive strong metrical feet or beats45
4021394784Personificationgiving inhuman things life like qualities46
4021395358Prosenormal speech47
4021396161Quatrainverse with four lines, with a separate theme48
4021411280Scansionput in stress marks49
4021412996Sestetoctave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestet, of six lines50
4021413600Similecomparisons using like and as q51
4021414781Sonnet (English (couplet) and Italian)14 fourteen lines and is written in iambic pentameter52
4021417999Spondeea foot consisting of two long (or stressed) syllables53
4021419304Stanzaa group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse54
4021421405Symbolrepresents larger ideal55
4021421406Synecdochemade to represent the whole or vice versa (as in Cleveland won by six runs meaning "Cleveland's baseball team" )56
4021422576Tetrametera verse of four stresses57
4021423130Tonethe general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc58
4021423860Trocheestressed syllable followed by an unstressed one59
4021420610Symbol60

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