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16 Cards in this Set
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line break
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In poetry, the line break is a unit chosen by the poet, and it has certain effects on the reader.
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lyric poem
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highly musical poem (beautiful language) that expresses the feelings or thoughts of the speaker rather than telling a story; creates a single, unified impression
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metaphor
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a comparison of two unlike things in which one thing becomes another
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extended metaphor
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A comparison that is developed throughout the course of the work
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meter
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A rhythmical pattern determined by the number of stresses or beats in each line of poetry
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narrative poem
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a poem that tells a story. It contains characters and a plot
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ode
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a formal lyric poem with a serious theme
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onomatopoeia
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Use of words that imitate sounds
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pacing
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The speed of utterance, how quickly or slowly the language moves through the poem
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poetic purpose
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the goal of the poem; the reason it was written
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refrain
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a repeating sound, word, phrase, line, or group of lines(a chorus)
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rhyme
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repetition of sounds at the end of words
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repetition
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the use, more than once, of sound, word, phrase, line, etc.
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simile
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a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, resembles
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sonnet
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a fourteen line lyric poem with a single theme
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stanza
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a group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit
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