Poetry Vocabulary

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Alliteration

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the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts (or stressed syllables) of a series of words or phrases.

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Rhyme scheme

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the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song.

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Irony

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a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning.

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.

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Internal Rhyme

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is rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse, or between a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line.

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Imagery

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in a literary text, occurs when an author uses an object that is not really there, in order to create a comparison between one that is, usually evoking a more meaningful visual experience for the reader.

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Meter

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the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units (SI).

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Simile

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a figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as" – also, but less commonly, "if", or "than".

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Poetic Stanza

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a unit within a larger poem.

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Slant Rhyme

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is consonance on the final letters of the words involved (e.g. ill with shell). Many slant rhymes are also mouth rhyme.

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Allusion

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is a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or a representation of, people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication.

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Sight Rhyme

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a rhyme in which two words are spelled similarly but pronounced differently and have come into general use through "poetic license" also known as artistic license.

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Symbolism

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the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character.

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Allegory

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a device in which characters or events in a story, poem, or picture represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

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Hyperbole

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the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.