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A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed)
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Anapest
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Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea.
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Apostrophe
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The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowel sounds
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Assonance
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A type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza (or envoy) of four or five lines. All stanzas end with the same one-line refrain
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Ballade
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Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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Blank Verse
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A metrical foot of three syllables, one long (or stressed) followed by two short (or unstressed)
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Dactyl
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A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful
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Elegy
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The shorter final stanza of a poem, as in a ballade
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Envoy
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A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure
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Epic
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A six-line poem in which the number of syllables per line follow the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8
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Fib
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Two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem
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Foot
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A multi-syllable rhyme that ends with one or more unstressed syllables
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Feminine Rhyme
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A very short, witty poem
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Epigram
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A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis
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Hyperbole
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Either a short poem depicting a peaceful, idealized country scene, or a long poem that tells a story about heroic deeds or extraordinary events set in the distant past
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Idyll
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A line of poetry that has six metrical feet.
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Hexameter
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A stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.
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Heroic couplet
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A poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.
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Epithalamium
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The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause
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Enjambment
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In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought
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Couplet
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A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different
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Conceit
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The principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature
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Classicism
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A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line
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Caesura
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A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain
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Ballad
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A medieval Italian lyric poem, with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding stanza
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Canzone
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