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Conceit
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A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different. An example of a conceit can be found in Shakespeare's sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" and in Emily Dickinson's poem "There is no frigate like a book."
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Foot
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Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem. For example, an iamb is a foot that has two syllables, one unstressed followed by one stressed. An anapest has three syllables, two unstressed followed by one stressed.
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Limerick
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A light, humorous poem of five usually anapestic lines with the rhyme scheme of aabba
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Masculine rhyme
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A rhyme that occurs in a final stressed syllable: cat/hat, endow/vow, observe/deserve
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Ottava rima
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A type of poetry consisting of 10- or 11-syllable lines arranged in 8-line "octaves" with the rhyme scheme abababcc. An example of ottava rima is "Isabella," by John Keats.
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Pastoral
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A poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealized way.
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Senryu
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A short Japanese poem that is similar to a haiku in structure but treats human beings rather than nature, often in a humorous or satiric way.
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Alexandrine
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A line of poetry that has 12 syllables. The name probably comes from a medieval romance about Alexander the Great that was written in 12-syllable lines
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Blank verse
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Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in blank verse.
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Classicism
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The principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature. Examples of classicism in poetry can be found in the works of John Dryden and Alexander Pope, which are characterized by their formality, simplicity, and emotional restraint
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Dactyl
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A metrical foot of three syllables, one long (or stressed) followed by two short (or unstressed), as in happily. The dactyl is the reverse of the anapest.
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Elegy
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A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful. An example of this type of poem is Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
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Envoy,
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The shorter final stanza of a poem, as in a ballade
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Epic
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A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure. Two of the most famous epic poems are the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer, which tell about the Trojan War and the adventures of Odysseus on his voyage home after the war
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Free verse
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Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter.
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Heroic couplet
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A stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.
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Feminine rhyme
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A multi-syllable rhyme that ends with one or more unstressed syllables: paper/vapor, vacation/proclamation
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Lay
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A long narrative poem, especially one that was sung by medieval minstrels called trouvères. The Lais of Marie de France are lays
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Litotes
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A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite. Some examples of litotes: no small victory, not a bad idea, not unhappy. Litotes, which is a form of understatement, is the opposite of hyperbole.
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Lyric
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A poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. A lyric poem may resemble a song in form or style.
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Masculine rhyme
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A rhyme that occurs in a final stressed syllable: cat/hat, endow/vow, observe/deserve.
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Narrative
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Telling a story. Ballads, epics, and lays are different kinds of narrative poems.
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Pentameter
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A line of poetry that has five metrical feet.
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Quatrain
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A stanza or poem of four lines.
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Refrain
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A phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem, usually after every stanza.
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