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poetry |
the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings |
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Rhythem |
Rhythm is the flow of the beat in a poem ,and it is the repitation of accent or stress in lines of poetry. |
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meter |
is the basic structural make-up of the poem. it is the kind of pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. |
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Alliteration |
is the repetition of the first consonant sound in words, |
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onomatopoeia |
Words that represent the actual sound of something . Appeals to the sense of sound. |
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simile |
A simile compares two things using the word “like” and “as” |
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Metaphor |
compares two things without using the words "like" or "as." |
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Personification |
gives human traits and feelings to things that are not human. |
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Imagery |
is the name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses |
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Denotation |
is the dictionary definition of a word . For example, a tiger is a carnivorous animal of the cat family. This is the literal or denotative meaning. |
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connotation |
is the additional meaning a word may carry. It is the special meaning and associations a word takes in a given phrase or expression. |