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8243550460Pastorala work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.0
8243550501Elegya poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.1
8243556049Hyperboleexaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally2
8243556050Dramatic monologuea poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently reveals aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events.3
8243560173Slant rhymea rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match.4
8243573839Iambic pentametera line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable5
8243577983Polysyndetona literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas, even when the conjunctions could be removed.6
8243582758Couplettwo lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.7
8243592739Elizabethan sonneta type of sonnet much used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg.8
8243596525Trochaic pentametera literary device that can be defined as a line in verse or poetry that has five strong metrical feet or beats.9
8243616204Trochaic tetrameteris a meter in poetry. It refers to a line of four trochaic feet10
8243620175Iambic tetrameteris a meter in poetry. It refers to a line consisting of four iambic feet.11
8243620176Exact rhymeis rhyming two words in which both the consonant sounds and vowel sounds match to create a rhyme.12
8243625007Chiasmusa rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form13

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