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5444646306EpistleA poem written in the form of a letter.0
5444646307ParadoxContrary to expectations/Self Contradicting.1
5444648557AllusionAn indirect reference to a literary work.2
5444648558IronyConveying a meaning that is opposite of the literal meaning.3
5444650809EnjambmentContinuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.4
5444652939ApostropheWhen a speaker addresses someone that isn't present in the poem.5
5444652940ElegyA poem in the form of elegiac couplets.6
5444652941BalladA narrative poem written in short stanzas.7
5444654375Blank VerseVerse without rhyme , especially that which uses iambic pentameter.8
5444654376Free VersePoetry does not rhyme or have a regular meter.9
5444654377Heroic CoupletConsists of a rhymed iambic line.10
5444656939AllegoryA poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.11
5444656940CaesuraA break between words within a metrical foot.12
5444656941MotifA recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.13
5444658922OdeA form of poetry such as a sonnet or elegy.14

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