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A work that functions on a symbolic level.
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Allegory
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
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Alliteration
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A reference to a more famous literary work (such as the Bible or mythology).
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allusion
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A metrical pattern of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable.
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anapest
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The force or character that opposes the main character, the protagonist.
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antagonist
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Direct address in poetry. Yeats's line "Be with me Beauty, for the fire is dying" is a good example.
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apostrophe
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Words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience by not by other characters on stage.
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aside
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A love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved.
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aubade
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A simple narrative poem, often incorporating dialogue that is written in quatrains, generally with a rhyme scheme of ABCD.
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ballad
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Most of Shakespeare's plays are in this form.
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blank verse
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