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exegesis
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detailed annalysis, explination and interpretation of a passage
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existentialism
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philosophy that focuses on the individual's experience, recognition, and triumph over the meaninglessness of existance.
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extended metaphore
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metaphor or implied comparision that is sutained for several lines or that becomes the controlling image of an entire poem
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external conflict
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character's struggle against nature or another character
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fancy
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an aspect of imagination that often involved wishful thinking or whim.
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foil
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character who, by contrast, points up the qualities of a another character
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foregrounding
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calling attention to something by placing it in the foreground against a background
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free verse
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type of poetry that is "free" of regular beat of meter, dependin gon the individual's sensitivity to the music of natural speech rhythms
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genre
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a type of literary work
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gloss
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an explination, definition, or interpretation of a difficult, foreign, or technical word or passage
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