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27 Cards in this Set
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notation
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explicit meaning
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connotation
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suggested meaning
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onomatopoeia
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a word that imitates sounds; noise words ( hiss, slap, rip, etc.)
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Alliteration
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repeating an initial consonant sound
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euphony
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flowing and pleasing sounds without disruption
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Cacophony
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a group of harsh sounds
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sibilance
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hissing sounds
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Diction
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a poem's entire word choice, taken from the poet's knowledge of language
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concrete poetry
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shapes poetry
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couplet
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two lines; a couplet is often employed with long, uniterrupted verses.
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Heroic Couplet
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rhymed in Iambic Pentameter
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Spenserian stanza
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nine lines
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sonnet
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a lyric with 14 rhyming lines in iambic pentameter
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sonnet sequence
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a group of sonnets on a theme
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sonnet crowns
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linked sonnets in which the last line becomes the first line, and the last line of the final poem repeats the first line of the first poem
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Ars Poetical (the art of poetry)
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a poem written on the subject of poetic art, usually to explain a poet's reason for writing
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Aubade (alba)
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A poem composed at dawn, usually in the voice of a departing lover
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Carpe Diem
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a poem urging one to live in the moment because time passes quickly
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Dithyramb
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any poem about the adventures of Gods. Modernly, it means a poem of praise or any exaggerated, passionate composition.
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Elegy
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a poem written for someone dead
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Encomium
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Orignally for a celebrated hero, now a laudatory poem for a legendary or real person.
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Epithalamium
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A celebration for a wedding.
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Madrigal
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A short (12 or 13 line) poem
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Eune
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A magical chant
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irony
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Meaning that extends beyond its use merely as a figure of speech.
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Verbal Irony
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Saying the opposite of what one means
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Sarcasm
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Bitter or cutting speech, intended to wound the feelings; comes from the greek word meaning "to tear flesh."
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