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33 Cards in this Set
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Caesura
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A break or interruption of a line of poetry
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Foot
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a measure of meter in poetry, usually consisting of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables
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Imagry
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Language that appeals to the senses
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Meter
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a generally regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllable in poetry
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Anapests
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2 unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable
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Dactyls
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one stressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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Iambs
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an unstressed syllable followed bu a syllable
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Trochees
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a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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Spondees
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Two unstressed syllables
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Rhyme
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The repetition of accented vowel and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem
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Scansion
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analyzing the metrical pattern of a poem by marking stressed and unstressed syllables
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Stanza
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a group of consecutive lines in poem that form a single unit
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Denotation
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the literal dictionary meaning of a word
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Connotation
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All meanings, association or emotions, that a word suggests
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration
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Metaphor
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comparison between 2 seemingly unlike things in which one becomes another
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Personification
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Giving non human thing human characteristics
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Pun
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a play on the multiple meaning of a word or two word that sound alike but have different meanings
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Simile
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a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word such as "like,as"
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Symbolism
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use of person, place, thing, or event which stands both for itself and for something beyond itself
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Alliteration
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the repetition of constant sounds in words that are close to one another
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Assonance
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the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different constant sounds in words that are close together
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Consonance
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Repetition of the consonance sound at the end of the word
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Onomatopoeia
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words that sound like what they mean
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Sibilance
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sounds like a hiss
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Ballas
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a poem telling a sad story, with a refrain, intended to be sung
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Blank verse
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unrhymed verse in iambic pentameter
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Cinquan
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a five-line poem consisting of a 2-4-6-8-2 syllable pattern
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Diamonte
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a poem based around a pair of opposites, describing gradual shift from one to the other
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Haiku
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a philosophical three line-poem about nature with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern
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Limerik
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5-line light verse, intended to be funny, often with a pun in the last line; line 1,2, and 5 are usually longer than like 3 and 4
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Ode
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Serious verse revealing the poet's personal thoughts and addressing the reader directly.
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Sonnet
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Fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, in which the first eight raise a question an the last six awnser
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