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| 5984215095 | Conceit | figure of speech, usually a simile or metaphor, that forms an extremely ingenious or fanciful parallel between apparently dissimilar or incongruous objects or situations | 0 | |
| 5984217262 | Metaphysical Conceit | The metaphysical conceit, associated with the Metaphysical poets of the 17th century, (such as John Donne) is a more intricate and intellectual device. It usually sets up an analogy between one entity's spiritual qualities and an object in the physical world and sometimes controls the whole structure of the poem | 1 | |
| 5984219748 | Epithet | a. an adjective or phrase that is used to express the characteristic of a person or thing, such as Ivan the Terrible. In literature, the term is considered an element of poetic diction, or something that distinguishes the language of poetry from ordinary language. Homer used certain epithets so regularly that they became a standard part of the name of the thing or person described, as in "rosy-fingered Dawn" and "gray-eyed Athena." The device was used by many later poets, including John Keats in his sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer": Oft of one wide expanse had I been told/ That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne. B. a nickname C. term of abuse (racial epithet) | 2 | |
| 5984221290 | Ballad | a fairly short narrative poem written in a songlike stanza form; traditionally an oral form that was sung. Written in four line stanzas (quatrains), rhyming abab, cdcd, efef, etc... | 3 | |
| 5984222876 | Pastoral | An artistic composition dealing with the life of shepherds or with a simple, rural existence. It usually idealized shepherds' lives in order to create an image of peaceful and uncorrupted existence. More generally, pastoral describes the simplicity, charm, and serenity attributed to country life, or any literary convention that places kindly, rural people in nature-centered activities | 4 | |
| 5984224835 | Anodyne | adj) - not likely to offend, often purposely so; inoffensive | 5 | |
| 5984226258 | Cabal | (n) - secret political clique or faction | 6 | |
| 5984226259 | Mendacity | (n) - untruthfulness; the tendency to lie | 7 | |
| 5984229043 | Torpor | (n) - a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy | 8 | |
| 5984231240 | Palimpsest | (n) - a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain. • something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form | 9 | |
| 5984233332 | Tremulous | (adj) - shaking or quivering slightly, nervous, timid | 10 | |
| 5984233333 | Taciturn | (adj) - reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying very little | 11 | |
| 5984236820 | Pertinent | (adj) - relevant or applicable to a particular matter | 12 | |
| 5984238319 | Epitaph | (n) - a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone. | 13 | |
| 5984238320 | Epigraph | (n) - an inscription on a building, statue, or coin. a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme | 14 | |
| 5984239720 | Epigram | (n) - a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way. short poem, especially a satirical one, having a witty or ingenious ending. | 15 | |
| 5984241128 | Rancor | (n) - bitterness or resentfulness | 16 | |
| 5984243576 | Implacable | (adj) - unable to be placated; relentless, unstoppable | 17 | |
| 5984243577 | Prolix | (adj) - using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy | 18 | |
| 5984247172 | Pedantic | (adj) - obsessively concerned with minor details or displaying academic learning | 19 | |
| 5984247173 | Lugubrious | (adj) - looking or sounding sad or dismal | 20 | |
| 5984248467 | Quagmire | (n) - a soft boggy area of land that gives way under foot; an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation | 21 |
