Poetic Terms Set 1

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Allegory

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A story or lesson taught through symbolism.

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Blank Verse

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Verse that usually uses Iambic Pentameter without rhyme.

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Closed Form

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Type of Poetry that has maintained regularity and consistency in poetic elements such as rhythm and rhyme.

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Connotation

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An idea or intent that is implied or suggested.

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Convention

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Elements of poetry like rhyme, rhythm, meter, etc.

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Couplet

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Pair of lines that rhyme.

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Elegy

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Lyrical Poem meant to lament for the dead.

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Elison

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Taking out an unstressed vowel or syllable to maintain meter of a line of poetry.

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Figurative Language

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Form of writing that conveys something other than the obvious, literal meaning.

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Foil

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Character that is opposite or parallel to the main character.

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Foot

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Metrical unit made of syllables.

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Lyric Poem

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Type of poem that is special because of its shortness, compression, and expression of emotions.

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Meter

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Counted repetition of rhythmic accents.

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Octave

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Eight line unit that can be a stanza or section.

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Assonance

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds in a line.

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Rhythm

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Repetition of accents or stress in lines of verse.

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Syntax

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Grammatical sequence of words, usually goes like this: subject, verb, object order.

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Denotation

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Dictionary, straightforward meaning of a word. Poetry usually uses a word's denotative meaning against it's connotation or implication.

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Stanza

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Division of a poem that is repeated in the form, like in similar patterns of rhyme and meter.

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Sonnet

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Fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter.