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6806099785ProsodyThe mechanics of verse poetry-sounds, rhythms, scansion, meter, stanzaic form, alliteration, rhyme0
6806099786PunA play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning1
6806099787QuatrainA stanza of four lines, often rhyming in ABAB pattern2
6806099788RefrainA line or set of lines at the end of a stanza or section of a longer poem, repeated at regular intervals3
6806099789RhymeA matching similarity of sounds in two or more words4
6806099790Rhyme SchemeThe pattern of a rhyme5
6806099791RhythmThe varying speed, loudness, pitch, elevation, intensity, and expressiveness of speech or poetry6
6806099792SatireAn attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor or critique7
6806099793ScanudonThe act of scanning a poem to determine its meter8
6806099794SestetSix lines they rhyme with a varying pattern such as CDECDE OR CDCCDC9
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