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hyperbole

a figure of speech that involves exaggeration of ideas for emphasis

imagery

using figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in a way that it appeals to our physical senses

lyric

a short poem expressing strong feelings or thoughts of a single speaker in a meditative manner

message

an unspoken meaning or moral

meter

a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem

occasional poem

poetry composed for a particular occasion

ode

a form of poetry such as a sonnet or elegy; a literary method that is lyrical in nature, but not very long

anapestic

a metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables that are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed

ballad stanza

consists of four lines with an alternating couplet and lines that alternate from four iambic feet to three

villanelle

a poetic device which requires a poem to have 19 lines and a fixed form


-5 tercets (first 15 lines)


-a quatrain (last 4 lines) with a couplet at the end of the quatrain

apostrophe

a figure of speech sometimes represented by the exclamation "O"

ballad

a type of poetry or verse which was basically used in dance songs in France

caesura

rhythmic pause in a poetic line or sentence

trochaic

metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one

tezra rima

rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme

chiasmus

a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect

dactyl

a metrical foot, or a beat in a line, containing three syllables in which first one is accented followed by second and third unaccented syllables

diction

style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of the speaker or writer

elegy

form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased

fable

literary device which can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end

farce

literary genre and the type of a comedy that uses highly exaggerated and funny situations aimed at entertaining the audience

genre

the type of art, literature, and music characterized by a specific form, content, and style

overstatement

an act of stating something more than it is in order to make the point more serious, important, or beautiful

parallel structure

use of components that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, or meter

personification

a figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human attributes

quatrain

verse with four lines, or even a full poem containing four lines, having an independent and separate theme

refrain

verse, line, set, or group of lines that appears at the end of a stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections

rhetorical question

asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected

rhyme

repetition of similar words occurring at the ends of lines in poems or songs

rhythm

literary device which demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables

sarcasm

literary and rhetorical device that is meant to mock with often satirical or ironic remarks with a purpose to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society simultaneously

satire

a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and shortcomings

shaped verse

a poem written so the lines form a physical pattern, usually related to the subject the poem is talking about; also known as a concrete poem; visual

speaker

voice in a poem, the person (or thing) that is speaking

stanza

group of lines that form unit in a poem

symbolism

the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense

synecdoche

a literary device in which part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole representing a part

scansion

the process of analyzing a poem's meter