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Iambic pentameter |
a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
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blank verse |
verse written in iambic pentameter without a rhyme |
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meter |
stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse. It gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound |
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soliloquy |
a literary device used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character |
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genre |
the type of art, literature, music characterized by a specific form, content and style |
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tragedy |
a kind of drama that presents a serious subject matter about human suffering and corresponding terrible events in a dignified manner |
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prose |
a form of language that has no formal metrical structure |
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rhyming couplet |
two lines of the same length that rhyme and complete one thought |
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Iamb |
a literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables followed by along and accented syllables in a single line of a poem |
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comic relief |
an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play, in order to provide temporary relief from tension |
