Comp Ii Poetry Cards

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when something in a story is referred to as something greater

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Alligory

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The repetition of two or more consonant sounds in successive words in a line of verse or prose

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Alliteration

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A brief and sometimes direct reference in a text to a person place or thing-fictious or actual

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Allusion

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A direct address to someone or something(dead,absent)

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Apostrophe

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The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successsive words, which creates a kind of rhyme

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Assonance

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A song that tells a story

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Ballad

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The most common and well-known meter of unrhymed poetry in English

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Blank Verse

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A poetic device using elaborate comparisons, such as equating a loved one with the graces and beauties of the world

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Conceit

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An association or additional meaning that a word, image, or phrase may carry, apart from it's literal denotation or dictionary definition, suggested meaning of a word not definition

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Connotation

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Also called SLANT RYHME. Doesnt really rhyme

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Consonance

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A two line stanza in poetry, usually ryhmed, which tends to have lines of equal length.

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Couplet

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The literal, dictionary meaning of a word

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Denotation

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Verse full of irregularities often due to the poets incompetence. Crude verse, bad poetry

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Doggerel

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A poem written as a speechmade by a character at some decisive moment

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Dramatic Monologue

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A lament or a sadly meditative poem, often written on the occasion of a death or other solemn theme

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Elegy