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Poetry Terms SOUND QUALITIES
Sound Qualities
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Undergraduate 1
04/08/2008
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Term
Alliteration
 Definition
    repitition of inital consonant sounds int he same line of poetry.
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Assonance
 Definition
    repitition of vowel sounds in the same line of poetry.
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Consonance
 Definition
    repetition of final consonant sounds in the same line of poetry.
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Caesura
 Definition
    A strong, deliberate pause in a line of poetry
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Cacophony
 Definition
    harsh sounds
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Euphony
 Definition
    pleasant or sweet sounds
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Allusion
 Definition
    An indirect reference to something else
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