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15 Cards in this Set
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stanza
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a section of poetry, separation from the sections before and after it
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lyric
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a type of poetry that expresses the poet's emotions
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iambic pentameter
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ten syllable lines in which every line is stressed
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words that sound like what they mean
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internal rhyme
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a rhyme that occurs within one line
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free verse
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poetry with no set meter or rhyme scheme
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meter
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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem
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elegy
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a poem mourning the dead
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allitereration
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a repetition of first consonants in a group of words
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end rhyme
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rhyming words that are at the ends of their respective lines
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epic
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a long poem narrating the adventures of a heroic figure
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dramatic monologue
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a poem with a fictional narrator, whose identity the audience knows
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couplets
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a pair of rhyming lines in poetry
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blank verse
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unrhymed lines of poetry, usually in iambic pentameter
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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