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37 Cards in this Set
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Lyric
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subjective, relective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression
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Narrative
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non-dramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative
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Sonnet
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a rigid 14-line verse form, with variable structure and rhyme-scheme according to type: Shakespearean or Italian(Petrarchan)
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Ode
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elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme
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amphibrach
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a foot with unstressed, stressed, unstressed syllables
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anacrusis
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an extra unaccented syllable at the beginning of a line before the regular meter begins
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amphimacer
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a foot with stressed, unstressed, stressed syllables
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catalexis
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an extra unaccented syllable at the ending of a line after the regular meter ends
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enjambement
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a run-on line, one continuing into the text without a grammatical break
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Masculine rhyme
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a rhyme in which only the last, accented syllable of the rhyming words correspond exactly in sound; most common kind of end rhyme
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Feminine Rhyme
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rhyme in which two consecutive syllables of the rhyme-words correspond, the first syllable carrying the accent: double rhyme
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Euphony
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the use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce a pleasing, melodius effect
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Cacaphony
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the use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect; opposite of euphony
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Conceit
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an extended metaphor comparing two unlike objects with powerful effect
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Apostrophe
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addressing a person or personified object not present
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Metonymy
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the substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself
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Synecdoche
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figure of speech in which a part represents the whole object or idea
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Litotes
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understatement for effect
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Aubade
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a song written to praise the coming of dawn
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Ballad
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a simple poem usually created for singing dealing with a dramatic episode
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Ballade
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a French poem of three stanzas and an envoy, a four-line refrain recited to another person
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Dirge
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a poem or song of lament, usually a commemoration for the dead
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Eclogue
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a bucolic or pastoral poem
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Epithalamion
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a poem written in celebration of marriage
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Hymn
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a poem of religious emotion usually written for singing
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Monody
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similar to a dirge; a Greek poem of mourning sung by one person
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Pastoral
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its setting is a created world marked by constant summer and fecund nature
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Rondeau
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a French poem for light topics; 15 lines, with short refrains at lines nine and fifteen, rhymed aabba, aabc, aabbac
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Rondel
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Similar to a Rondeau with 13-14 lines
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Song
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a poem for musical expression; usually brief, straightforward, and emotional
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Threnody
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Similar to a dirge; in Greek poetry it mourns the dead and is sung by a chorus
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Vers de societe
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light verse, written in a congenial, witty, amorous way
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed but each line is basically iambic pentameter
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Free Verse
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No particular meter or rhyme; patterned after spoken word
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Elegy
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poems that mourn the death of an individual, the absence of something deeply loved, or the transience of mankind. Solumn, dignified tone
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Pastoral Elegy
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a mourning poem with a joyous ending
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Villanelle
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19 lines divided into 5 tercets and 1 quatrain. Two rhymws or repeated lines predominate. With the rhyme scheme aba aba aba aba aba abaa line 1 = line 6, 12, and 18. Line 3 = 9, 15, 19
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