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20 Cards in this Set
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Anapest
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2 normal syllables followed by an accented syllable
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caesura
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a long pause in a line of poetry
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dactyl
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stressed syllable followed by 2 normal syllables
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diction
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a specific way of choosing words to imply certain things
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elegy
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lyric poem for the dead
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elision
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not including a unstressed syllable to preserve meter of a line
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enjambment
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2 different lines which are still connected in a grammatical and logical sense
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falling meter
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poetic meters that move or fall depending on whether or not a syllable is stressed
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epigram
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short poem, funny and satirical
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iamb
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unstressed syllable with a stressed one afterward
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meter
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patterned rythm of accnts in poems
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metonymy
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figure of speech, closely related term is used instead of using the actual word
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octave
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eight lines in a poem grouped together
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open form
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there are no requirements or things u must do.
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rising meter
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poetic meters that move or rise depending on whether or not a syllable is stressed
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sestet
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six lines in a poem which are grouped together
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sestina
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39 line poem
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spondee
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2 stressed syllables
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synecdoche
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figure of speech which you use another word to signify something else
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syntax
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the grammatical order of words is changed
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