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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
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the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group |
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a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long |
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rhyme in which the same vowel sounds are used with different consonants in the stressed syllables of the rhyming words, as in penitent and reticence. |
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a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing. |
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unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. |
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an association or idea suggested by a word or phrase; implication ;another name for intension |
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comparing assonance similarity between consonants, but not between vowels, as between the s and t sounds in sweet silent thought |
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a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. |
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a foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly. |
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a particular meaning, especially one given explicitly rather than by suggestion |
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style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words;the manner of uttering or enunciating words and sounds; elocution |
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a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. |
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noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad |
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speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech |
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a group of two or more syllables in which one syllable has the major stress, forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm |
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verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern. |
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a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons. |
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an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.” |
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a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable |
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a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible. |
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the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively |
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the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
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a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet. |
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a short poem of songlike quality |
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it is a comparison to two things directly stated with out using like or as |
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metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas |
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metaphor that compares two things without being obvious. "An ice cream snowfall" |
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the rhythmic arrangement of syllables in verse, usually according to the number and kind of feet in a line |
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a poem that tells a story and has a plot |
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any set or series of eight |
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a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion. |
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the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. |
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the narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author. |
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the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. |
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a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes. |
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to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from ) |
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occur occasionally in patterns where most of the rhymes are perfect, and sometimes are used systematically |
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Rhyme in which the final accented vowel and all succeeding consonants or syllables are identical, while the preceding consonants are different
ex. bat, cat, rat |
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rhyme occurring at the ends of verse lines, as opposed to internal rhyme and ‘head‐rhyme’ ( alliteration ) |
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is rhyme that occurs in a single line of verse. |
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two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common (such as stopped and wept, or parable and shell). |
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A partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only, as in dry and died or grown and moon |
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two words that have the same vowel sound, but end with different consonant sounds |
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pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song |
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identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse. |
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sense of one line of poetry runs on into the next line without an obvious break. There is usually no punctuation mark at the ‘end’ |
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the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit |
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a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order |
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a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” |
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a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form |
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a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg. |
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a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd. |
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a foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter |
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an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem. |
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a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character |
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a letter, figure, or other character or mark or a combination of letters or the like used to designate something |
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a group of three lines rhyming together or connected by rhyme with the adjacent group or groups of three lines. |
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a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic |
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1.the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
2. a descriptive heading or caption, as of a chapter, section, or other part of a book. |
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any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc |
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a foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter. |
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