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| 4262269334 | lyric | subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals the poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression | 0 | |
| 4262269335 | narrative | nondramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative | 1 | |
| 4262270661 | sonnet | a rigid 14-line verse form, with variable structure and rhyme scheme according to type | 2 | |
| 4262272062 | Shakespearean (English) sonnet | three quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter, rhyming abab cdcd and efef gg or abba cddc effe gg | 3 | |
| 4262273116 | Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet | an octave and sestet, between which a break in thought occurs. the traditional rhyme scheme is abba abba cde cde | 4 | |
| 4262273117 | ode | elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme | 5 | |
| 4262273118 | blank verse | unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter | 6 | |
| 4262274534 | free verse | unrhymed lines without a regular rhythm | 7 | |
| 4262274535 | epic | a long, dignified narrative poem which gives the account of a hero important to his nation or race | 8 | |
| 4262275676 | dramatic monologue | a lyric poem in which the speaker tells an audience about a dramatic moment in his/her life and, in doing so, reveals his/her character | 9 | |
| 4262276874 | elegy | a poem of lamenet, meditating on the death of an individual | 10 | |
| 4262276875 | ballad | simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited; the folk ballad is anonymously handed down, while the literary ballad has a single author | 11 | |
| 4262276876 | idyll | lyric poetry describing the life of the shepherd in pastoral, bucolic, idealistic terms | 12 | |
| 4262276877 | villanelle | a French verse form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous; five tercets and a final quatrain, rhyming aba aba aba aba aba abaa | 13 | |
| 4262278257 | light verse | a general category of poetry written to entertain, such as lyric poetry, epigrams, and limericks. it can also have a serious side, as in parody or satire. | 14 | |
| 4262278258 | haiku | Japanese verse in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often depicting a delicate image | 15 | |
| 4262278259 | limerick | humorous nonsense-verse in five anapestic lines rhyming aabba. a-lines are trimeter and b-lines are dimeter | 16 | |
| 4262279114 | meter | poetry's rhythm, or its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables measured in feet | 17 | |
| 4262279115 | iambic | unstressed, stressed ex: balloon | 18 | |
| 4262280587 | trochaic | stressed, unstressed ex: soda | 19 | |
| 4262280588 | anapestic | unstressed, unstressed, stressed ex: contradict | 20 | |
| 4262280589 | dactyllic | stressed, unstressed, unstressed ex: maniac | 21 | |
| 4262281570 | spondaic | stressed, stressed ex: man-made | 22 | |
| 4262283073 | scansion | the analysis of these mechanical elements within a poem to determine meter | 23 | |
| 4262283074 | stanza | lines made of metric feel identified by the number of lines they contain | 24 | |
| 4262284761 | caesura | a pause in the meter or rhythm of a line | 25 | |
| 4262284762 | enjambement | a run-on line, continuing into the next without a grammatical break | 26 | |
| 4262284763 | rime | old spelling of rhyme, which is the repetition of like sounds at regular intervals, | 27 | |
| 4262432464 | versification | the writing of verse | 28 | |
| 4262285490 | end rhyme | rhyme occurring at the ends of verse lines; most common rhyme form | 29 | |
| 4262285491 | internal rhyme | rhyme contained within a line of verse | 30 | |
| 4262285506 | rhyme scheme | pattern of rhymes with a unit of verse; in analysis, each end rhyme-sound is represented by a letter | 31 | |
| 4262287141 | masculine rhyme | rhyme in which only the last, accented syllable of the rhyming words correspond exactly in sound; most common kind of end rhyme | 32 | |
| 4262287142 | feminine rhyme | rhyme in which two consecutive syllables of the rhyming words correspond, the first syllable carrying the accent; double rhyme | 33 | |
| 4262288563 | half rhyme (slant rhyme) | imperfect, approximate rhyme | 34 | |
| 4262288564 | assonance | repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line | 35 | |
| 4262288565 | consonance | repetition of two or more consonant sounds within a line | 36 | |
| 4262288566 | alliteration | the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, in words within a line | 37 | |
| 4262290182 | onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning | 38 | |
| 4262290183 | euphony | the use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce a pleasing, melodious effect | 39 | |
| 4262290184 | cacophony | the use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect; opposite of euphony | 40 | |
| 4262291264 | metaphor | a figure of speech which makes a direct comparison of two unlike objects by identification or substitution | 41 | |
| 4262291265 | simile | a direct comparison of two unlike objects, using like or as | 42 | |
| 4262291266 | conceit | an extended metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerful effect (has roots in elaborate analogies in Petrarch and Metaphysical poets) | 43 | |
| 4262291267 | personification | a figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualities | 44 | |
| 4262292374 | apostrophe | an address to a person or personified object not present | 45 | |
| 4262292375 | metonymy | the substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself | 46 | |
| 4262294622 | synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea | 47 | |
| 4262294623 | hyperbole | gross exaggeration for effect: overstatement | 48 | |
| 4262294624 | litote | a form of understatement in which the negative of an antonym used to achieve emphasis and intensity | 49 | |
| 4262295783 | irony | the contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning | 50 | |
| 4262295784 | verbal irony | the contrast between meaning one thing and saying another | 51 | |
| 4262295785 | dramatic irony | the contrast between what the speaker says and what he/she means OR what the speaker says and the author means | 52 | |
| 4262296990 | situational irony | the contrast between when the reality of a situation differs from the anticipated or intended effect; when something unexpected occurs | 53 | |
| 4262296991 | symbolism | the use of one object to suggest another, hidden object or idea | 54 | |
| 4262296992 | imagery | the use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description | 55 | |
| 4262297036 | paradox | a statement which appears self-contradictory, but underlies basis of truth | 56 | |
| 4262298283 | oxymoron | contradictory terms brought together to express a paradox for strong effect | 57 | |
| 4262298284 | allusion | a reference to an outside fact, event, or other source | 58 | |
| 4262298285 | tone | the author's attitude toward her/her audience and subject | 59 | |
| 4262299411 | theme | the author's major idea or meaning | 60 | |
| 4262300494 | dramatic situation | the circumstances of the speaker | 61 |
