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30 Cards in this Set
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Feminine Rhyme
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A multi-syllable rhyme that ends with one or more unstressed syllables
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Fib
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A six-line poem in which the number of syllables per line follow the Fibonacci sequence
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Figure of Speech
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A verbal expression in which words or sounds are arranged in a particular way to achieve a particular effect.
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Foot
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Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem.
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Free Verse
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Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter.
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Haiku
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A japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
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Heptameter
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A line of poetry that has seven metrical feet.
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Heroic couplet
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A stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.
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Hexameter
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A line of poetry that has six metrical feet.
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis.
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lamb
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A metrical foot of two syllables, on short and one long.
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Iambic pentameter
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A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line.
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Idyll
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Either a short poem depicting a peaceful, idealized country scene, or a long poem that tells a story about heroic deeds.
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In memorial Stanza
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A stanza of four lines of iambic tetrameter, rhyming abba.
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Lay
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A long narrative poem, especially on that was sung by medieval minstrels called trouveres.
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Limerick
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A light, humorous poem of five usually anapestic lines with the rhyme scheme of aabba.
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Litotes
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A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite.
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Lyric
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A poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet.
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Masculine Rhyme
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A rhyme that occurs in a final stressed syllable
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech n which two things are compared, usually by saying one thing is another.
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Meter
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The arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented syllables.
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Metonymy
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A figure of speech in which one word is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
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Narrative
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Telling a story
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Ode
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A lyric poem that is serious and thoughtful in tone and has a very precise, formal structure.
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Onomatopoeia
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A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sound.
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Ottava Rima
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A type of poetry consisting of 10-11 syllable lines arranged in 8-line octaves with the rhyme scheme abababcc
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Pastoral
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A poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealized way.
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Pentameter
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A line of poetry that has five metrical feet.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which nonhuman things or abstract ideas are given human attributes.
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Quatrain
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A stanza or poem of four lines.
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