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25 Cards in this Set
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Accent
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The prominence or emphasis given to a syllable or word.
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Alexandrine
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A line of poetry that has 12 syllables.
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Alliteration
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The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words.
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Anapest
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A metrical foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long.
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Antithesis
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A figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other.
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Apostrophe
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Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea.
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Assonance
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The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds, as in the tongue twister.
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Ballad
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A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain.
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Ballade
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A type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza of four or five lines.
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Blank Verse
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Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
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Caesura
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A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually ear the middle of the line.
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Canzone
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A medieval Italian Iyric Poem, with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding stanza
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Carpe Diem
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A Latin expression that means "seize the day".
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Chanson de geste
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An epic poem of the 11th to the 14th century, written in Old French, which details the exploits of a historical or legendary figure, especially Charlemagne.
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Classicism
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The principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature.
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Conceit
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A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different.
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Consonance
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The repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words.
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Couplet
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in a poem, a pair of line that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought.
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Dactyl
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A metrical foot of three syllables, on long followed by two short.
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Elegy
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A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful.
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Enjambment
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The continuation of a complete idea from one line or a couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause.
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Envoy
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The shorter final stanza of a poem, as in a ballade.
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Epic
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A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure.
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Epigram
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A very short, witty poem.
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Epithalamium
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A poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.
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