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8182377125Consanancethe repitition of consonant sounds anywhere in the word, not just at the beginning0
8182381288Masculine RhymeA rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable1
8182383532Feminine Rhymea rhyme between stressed syllables followed by one or more unstressed syllables2
8182383533Enjambmentthe continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.3
8182388886OdeA lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.4
8182392645ApostropheA figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman5
8182395577Anarchronismsomething out of place because its from a different time period6
8182402107AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds7
8182402108Ballada type of poem that is meant to be sung and is both lyric and narrative in nature8
8182405676Internal Rhymea rhyme between words in the same line9
8182410060Lyric PoetryA short poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings10
8182413484Petrarchan SonnetA fourteen-line lyric poem consisting of two parts, the octave and the sestet.11
8182422233Spenserian SonnetA sonnet in which the lines are grouped into three interlocked quatrains and a couplet and the rhyme scheme is abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.12
8182426763Shakespearean Sonneta poetic form with three quatrains and a final couplet - ABAB CDCD EFEF GG13
8182431331AsyndentonOmission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words14
8182434193Anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses15

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