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poetry
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condensed language, usually having a musical quality and conaining literary techniques such as meter, metaphor, and rhyme
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speaker
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the individual from whose perspective the poem is presented
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subject
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the overall topic of the poem (on the surface level)
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tone
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the speaker's attitude toward his/her audience and/or subjuect matter (affected by diction and syntax)
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theme
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the message about life presented in the poem, and /or the idea(s) explored in the poem
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motif
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a recurring image, word, action, idea or situation, tying into a theme
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symbol
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in literature, something concrete which stands for something abstract
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irony
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strong contrast between expection and reality; outcome is the opposite of expectation (can be situational, verbal, or dramatic)
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narrative
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tells a story
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lyrical
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expresses deep emothin or observations
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dramatic
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involves monologue or dialogue (expresses thoughts or feelings)
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ballad
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narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually a recurrent refrain
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concrete poem
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a poem with a shape that reflects the subject of the poem
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elegy
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a poem composed as a lament for a deceased person
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epic
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extended narrative poem in elevated language, celebrating the feats of a legendary hero
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haiku
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japanese lyric verse having 3 unrhymed lines of 5,7,and 5 syllables; usually deals with nature or seasons
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limerick
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humorous verse, 5 lines, aabba rhyme scheme
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ode
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lyric poem; long, meditative, formal and usually focussed on a noun
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pastoral
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poem which portrays rural life, usually in an idealized manner
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psalm
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poem expressing devotion to god
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sonnet
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14 line poem in iambic pentameter with conventional rhyme scheme
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shakespearean(english, elizabethan)
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3 quatrains abab, cdcd, efef,concluding comment gg
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italian(petrarchian)
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octave; abba, abba (theme), sestet; cdc, cdc (resolutions)
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stanza
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a division of poetry, often named for the number of lilnes it contains, usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines
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refrain
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a phrase or verse, repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem
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chorus
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a phrase or verse
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couplet
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2 successive rhyming lines, usually having the same meter and forming a complete thought
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heroic couplet
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2 rhymed lines in iambic pentameter
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triplet
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set of three lines
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quatrain
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set of 4 lines
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haiku
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japanese lyric verse having 3 unrhymed lines of 5,7,and 5 syllables; usually deals with nature or seasons
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limerick
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humorous verse, 5 lines, aabba rhyme scheme
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ode
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lyric poem; long, meditative, formal and usually focussed on a noun
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pastoral
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poem which portrays rural life, usually in an idealized manner
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psalm
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poem expressing devotion to god
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sonnet
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14 line poem in iambic pentameter with conventional rhyme scheme
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shakespearean(english, elizabethan)
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3 quatrains abab, cdcd, efef,concluding comment gg
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italian(petrarchian)
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octave; abba, abba (theme), sestet; cdc, cdc (resolutions)
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stanza
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a division of poetry, often named for the number of lilnes it contains, usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines
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refrain
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a phrase or verse, repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem
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chorus
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a phrase or verse
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couplet
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2 successive rhyming lines, usually having the same meter and forming a complete thought
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heroic couplet
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2 rhymed lines in iambic pentameter
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triplet
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set of three lines
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quatrain
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set of 4 lines
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quintet
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set of 5 lines
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sestet
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set of 6 lines
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septet
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set of seven lines
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octave
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set of 8 lines
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canto
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principle division of a ling poem (often contains multiple stanzas)
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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free verse
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unrhymed verse without fixed metrical patterns
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rhythm
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the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
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end rhyme
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rhyme occurring at the ends of lones, correspondence of terminal sounds
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internal rhyme
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rhyme occurring in the middle of a line
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alliteration
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repetition of sounds (usually consonant) in the beginnings of words
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words that imitate sounds associated with their meanins
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assonance
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repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables
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consonance
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repetition of consonant sounds within words
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repetition
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reoccuring words, phrases, lines, stanzas, punctuation, etc.
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parallelism
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similarity in order or structure
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caesura
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pause in a line of poetry dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm (rather than meter)
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end-stop line
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line which ends with an end mark (i.e. period, comma,!?)
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enjambment
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the running over of meanings and grammatical structure from one line to the mext, without a punctuation or pause
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rhyme
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repetition of identical or closely related sound combinations in the syllables of different words
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half-rhyme
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an imperfect rhyme, usually found where the reader expects a rhyme
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rhyme scheme
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the pattern of rhymes in a stanza or poem, marked with letters of the alphabet
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euphony
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a pleasingly smooth combination of sound
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cacophony
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harshness or discordancy of sound; the opposite of euphony
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emotive language
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language that triggers emotion
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sensory details
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details which appeal to the senses (types of imagery)
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personification
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a type of metaphor in which human qualities are given to something non-human
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simile
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a comparison of two basically unlike items usin as or like
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metaphor
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a comparison of 2 basically unlike items without using as or like
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archaic
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old, outdated language
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elevated
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formal, educated language
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vulgarity
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harsh, base language
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connotation
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all of the emotions and impressions a word can suggest
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denotation
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the dictionary definition of a word
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stressed syllable
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unstressed syllable
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foot/feet
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a unit of meter which denotes the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables
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iamb
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U/
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anapest
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UU/
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trochee
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/U
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dactyl
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/UU
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spondee
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//
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pyrrhic
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UU
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meter
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the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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monometer
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a line consisting of one metrical foot
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dimeter
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a line or verse with 2 metrical feet
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trimeter
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a line or verse with 3 metrical feet
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tetrameter
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a line or verse with 4 metrical feet
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pentameter
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a line or verse with 5 metrical feet
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hexameter
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a line or verse with 6 metrical feet
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heptameter
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a line or verse with 7 metrical feet
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octometer
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a lin or verse with eight metrical feet
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