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| 5197967899 | alliteration | the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words | 0 | |
| 5197967900 | anapest | a metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed). the reverse of the dactyl. | 1 | |
| 5197971398 | apostrophe | words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea. | 2 | |
| 5197971399 | assonance | the repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds | 3 | |
| 5197973319 | ballad | a poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated frame. | 4 | |
| 5197973320 | blank verse | poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter | 5 | |
| 5197975274 | caesura | a natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line. | 6 | |
| 5197981722 | consonance | the repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words | 7 | |
| 5197981723 | couplet | in a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought | 8 | |
| 5197983323 | dactyl | a metrical foot of three syllables, one long (or stressed) followed by two short (or unstressed). the reverse of anapest | 9 | |
| 5197983324 | elegy | a poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful | 10 | |
| 5197983325 | enjambment | the continuation of a complete idea from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause | 11 | |
| 5197985196 | epic | a long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure | 12 | |
| 5197985197 | foot | two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhyme in a poem | 13 | |
| 5197985198 | free verse | poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter | 14 | |
| 5197987869 | haiku | a Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. often reflects upon some aspect of nature. | 15 | |
| 5197987870 | heptameter | a line of poetry that has seven metrical feet | 16 | |
| 5197989818 | heroic couplet | a stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter | 17 | |
| 5197989819 | hyperbole | a figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis | 18 | |
| 5197991785 | iamb | a metrical foot of two syllables, one short (or unstressed) and one long (or stressed) | 19 | |
| 5197995206 | iambic pentameter | a type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line | 20 | |
| 5197995207 | limerick | a light, humorous poem of five usually anapestic lines with the rhyme scheme of aabba | 21 | |
| 5197995208 | lyric | a poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. may resemble a song in form or style | 22 | |
| 5197999216 | metaphor | a figure of speech in which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another, or by substituting a more descriptive word for the more common or usual word that would be expected | 23 | |
| 5197999217 | meter | the arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented (or stressed) syllables | 24 | |
| 5197999218 | metonymy | a figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another with which it is closely associated | 25 | |
| 5198004103 | ode | a lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure | 26 | |
| 5198008414 | onomatopoeia | a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds | 27 | |
| 5198012103 | personification | a figure of speech in which things or abstract ideas are given human attributes | 28 | |
| 5198012104 | scansion | the analysis of a poem's meter. usually done by marking the stressed and unstressed syllables in each line and then, based on the pattern of the stresses, dividing the line into feet | 29 | |
| 5198014085 | simile | a figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word "like" or "as" | 30 | |
| 5198016889 | sonnet | a lyric poem that is 14 lines long | 31 | |
| 5198016890 | spondee | a metrical foot of two syllables, both of which are long (or stressed) | 32 | |
| 5198875712 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used to designate the whole or the whole is used to designate a part | 33 | |
| 5198019733 | tetrameter | a line of poetry that has four metrical feet | 34 | |
| 5198019734 | trochee | a metrical foot of two syllables, one long (or stressed) and one short (or unstressed) | 35 |
