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3710864714idiomthe personal use of words that marks and author's poetry ex. using "Fifth-month" instead of "May"0
3710866065levels of dictionrange from slang at one extreme to formal usage at the other, although in an age in which most poems use a level that stays in the middle of the scale, ranging1
3710955287archaismWords that are no longer in common use and other words that may not be familiar to the reader.2
3710955288syncopedropping a letter and interjecting a '3
3710956948denotationthe literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.4
3710956949connotationthe implied meaning or feel that some words have acquired5
3710958142neologisma word made up by the poet6
3710958143inversionwords that fall out of their expected order7
3710959936concrete dictiondenote that which can be perceived by the senses8
3710959937abstract dictionLanguage that describes qualities that cannot be perceived with the five senses9
3710968838sensory imageryauditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory10
3710968839onomatopoeiaIndividual words like "splash" or "thud" whose meanings are closely related to their sounds11
3710970376punthe use of one word to imply the additional meaning of a similar-sounding word.12

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