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| subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which revels the poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique expression |
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| nondramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates to a story or narrative |
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a rigid 14 line verse form with variable rhyme scheme and structure according to type:
a) shakespearean (english)
b)italian (petrarchan) |
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| 3 quatrains and concluding couplet in iambic pentameter |
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| an octave and a seset, between which a break in thought occurs |
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| elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme |
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| humorous imitation of another work |
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| unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter |
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| unrhymed lines without regular rhythm |
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| poem extolling virtues of country life |
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| short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation |
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| a long, dignified narrative poem which gives an account of a hero important to his nation or race |
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| a lyric poem in which the speaker tells an audience about a dramatic moment in his/her life, and in doing so, reveals his/her character |
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| a poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual |
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| a short elegy inscribed on a tombstone or monument |
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| a long, narrative poem dealing with chivalric adventure, courtship, and love |
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| simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited; the folk ballad is anonymously handed down, while the literary ballad has a single author |
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| lyric poetry describing the life of the Shepard in pastoral, bucolic, idealistic terms |
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| a French verse form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous, fice tercets and a final quatrain |
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| Japanese verse in lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, often depicting a delicate image |
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| humorous nonsense verse in 5 anapestic lines |
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| a lyric about dawn or a morning serenade, a song of lovers parting at dawn |
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| a complex verse form, usually unrhymed, consisting of 6 six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy. The end words in each stanza must be the same, though arranged in a different sequence each time. |
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| iambic pentameter lines rhymed in pairs and containing a complete thought |
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| seven-lined stanza of iambic pentameter |
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| pause in the meter of the rhythm of a line |
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| a run on line, continuing into the next without a grammatical break |
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| a line in which both the grammatical structure and the sense reach completion in the end; opposite of enjambment |
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| old spelling of rhyme; the repetition of like sound at regular intervals |
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| rhyme contained within a line of verse |
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| a pattern of rhymes with a unit of verse; each end rhymed sound is represented by a letter ababcc |
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| rhyme in which only the last, accented syllable of rhyming words corresponds exactly in sound; most common end rhyme |
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| rhyme in which two consecutive syllables of rhyming words correspond, the first syllable carrying the accent; double rhyme |
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| three syllables of words rhyme |
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| imperfect, approximate rhyme |
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| rhyme that appears correct from the spelling but is not from the pronunciation |
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| rich rhyme or identical rhyme |
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| words with identical sounds but different meaning (stair, stare) |
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| the repetition of one or more phrases or lines at intervals in the poem, usually at the end of a stanza |
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| repeating of phrase or word in a poem |
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| repetition of two or more vowel sounds within a line |
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| repetition of 2 or more consonant sounds within a line |
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| the repetition of one or more initial sounds, usually consonants, in words within a line |
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| the use or a word to imitate natural sounds |
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| the use of compatible, harmonious sounds to produce a pleasing, melodious effect |
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| the use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction for effect; opposite of euphony |
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| a figure of speech involving a turn or change of sense like metaphors, similes, and ironic expressions |
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| a part of something representing a whole |
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| substitution of something closely related to an object for the object itself |
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| balancing and contrasting of one term against each other (fair is foul, and foul is fair) |
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| addressing someone or something not present or alive as though it were |
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| 2nd meaning beyond surface one |
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| complex, extended metaphor |
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| gentle, urbane, smiling satire |
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| biting, bitter, angry satire |
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| reference to another work |
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| speaker/author's attitude towards his subject |
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| has no stanza breaks, continuous |
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| proper name used as a noun |
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| poetry intended to teach a lesson |
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