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3664730165lyric poetryForm of poetry expressing personal emotions or feelings; typically in first person.0
3664730166MemoirA historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.1
3664730167MeterA rhythm of accented and unaccented syllables organized into patterns.2
3664730168IambUnstressed followed by a stressed syllable.3
3664730169TrocheeMetrical foot consisting of stressed syllable followed by a unstressed.4
3664730170AnapestEach foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.5
3664730171DactylStressed syllable followed by two unstressed.6
3664730172SpondeeTwo stressed syllables in a metrical foot.7
3664730173PyrrhicTwo unstressed syllables in a metrical foot.8
3664730174MetonymySubstitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant.9
3664730175MotifDistinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.10
3664730176OdeLyric poem in form of an address of a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in irregular meter.11
3664730177OxymoronA figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.12
3664730178ParadoxStatement or proposition that seems self-contradictory but in reality expresses a possible truth.13
3664730179ParallelismUse of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.14
3664730180ParodyAn imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.15

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