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| repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines |
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| Repeated vowel sounds in words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented. |
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| Repeated consonant sounds at the ending of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. These should be in sounds that are accented, or stressed, rather than in vowel sounds that are unaccented. This produces a pleasing kind of near-rhyme. |
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| Words that sound like their meanings. In Hear the steady tick of the old hall clock, the word tick sounds like the action of the clock. If assonance or alliteration can be onomatopoeic, as the 'ck' is repeated in tick and clock, so much the better. At least sounds that suit the tone-heavy sounds for weightiness, light for delicate. |
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The purposeful re-use of words and phrases for an effect. Sometimes, especially with longer phrases that contain a different key word each time, this is called parallelism. It has been a central part of poetry in many cultures. Many of the Psalms use this device as one of their unifying elements. |
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This is the only device most commonly associated with poetry by the general public. Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings are alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it, are said to rhyme. |
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| An outrageous exaggeration used for effect. |
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A contradictory statement or situation to reveal a reality different
from what appears to be true. |
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A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one
is the other or does the action of the other. |
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Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object,
animal, or abstract idea. |
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| A direct comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as." |
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An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have
represent a country, a lion to represent courage, a wall to
symbolize separation. |
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One single line of a poem arranged in a metrical pattern. Also, a
piece of poetry such as free verse, blank verse, etc., or the art or
work of a poet. |
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a narrative poem written as a series of quatrains. Most
ballads are suitable for singing. The "story" of a ballad can be a
wide range of subjects but frequently deals with folklore or popular
legends. |
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also known as pattern poetry or shaped verse, these
are poems that are printed on the page so that they form a recogniz-
able outline related to the subject, thus conveying or extending the
meaning of the words. |
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also known as pattern poetry or shaped verse, these
are poems that are printed on the page so that they form a recogniz-
able outline related to the subject, thus conveying or extending the
meaning of the words. |
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a Japanese form of poetry consisting of three unrhymed
lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Haiku are very brief
descriptions of nature that convey some implicit insight or essence
of a moment. |
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a light or humorous form of five verses of which lines one,
two and five are of three feet and lines three and four are of two
feet, with a rhyme scheme of aabba. Modern limericks are generally
use the final line for clever witticisms and word play. |
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a fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed
rhyme scheme; its subject was traditionally love. |
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the means by which a poet reveals attitudes and feelings, in the styles of language or expression of thought used to develop the subject.
Tone can refer to the overall mood of the poem itself, in the sense of a pervading atmosphere |
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the use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental
images, not only of the visual sense, but of sensation and emotion as well. |
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| a four-line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse |
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| a pair of lines, usually rhymed: this is the shortest stanza |
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| lines with no prescribed pattern or structure-the poet |
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| poetic form subject to a fixed structure and pattern |
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poetic form free from regularity and consistency in elements
such as rhyme, line length, and metrical form |
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The arrangement or method used to convey the content, such as
free verse, ballad, haiku, etc. In other words, the "way it is said." |
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The names given to describe the numbers of lines in a
stanza unit, such as: couplet (2), tercet (3), quatrain (4), sestet (6),
and octave (8). |
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