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| Words that appeal to the senses. |
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A poem that brings together many different images and presents them
for your attention. |
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Japanese poem with the following:
1. 17 syllables: 5 syllables in lines 1 and 3-7 syllables in line 2.
A. Presents images from nature and everyday life-usually two contrasting images.
B. Often contain a seasonal word or symbol.
C. Presents a moment of discovery/enlightenment. |
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| Fourteen line poem with regular rhythm, usually in iambic pentameter. |
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| unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable |
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| Five stressed syllables/beats. |
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| Italian Sonnet (Petrarchan) |
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First eight lines (octave) pose a problem, which is
responded to in the last six lines (sestet). |
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| Shakespearean (English) Sonnet |
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| 3 four line units followed by a couplet. |
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| 2 lines of poetry that form a unit |
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| A short poem that expresses a speaker’s thoughts or feelings |
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Expressions that put aside literal meanings in favor of
imaginative connections. |
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| A comparison that is not literally true. |
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| A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”. |
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| Directly comparing two unlike things. |
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| Directly comparing two things using the verb “IS.” |
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Implies or suggests the comparisons between two things without
stating it directly. |
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| Giving non-human or things human traits or characteristics. |
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| A line in poetry without punctuation at its end. |
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| A line of poetry with punctuation at its end. |
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| The dictionary meaning of words. |
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: All the associations and emotions that have come to be attached to a
word. |
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| The writer’s choice of words. |
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A metaphor that is developed over several lines or an entire
poem. |
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A long speech delivered by a single character at other characters on
stage |
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| A writer’s attitude toward a subject, audience, character. |
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Repetition of the sound of the stressed vowel and any sounds that follow it in
words that are close together in a poem. |
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| A regular end pattern of end rhyme. |
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| Approximate Rhyme (half rhymes, off rhymes, and slant rhymes): |
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Words that repeat
some sound but are not exact echoes. |
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| Rhymes that occur at the end of lines. |
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| Rhymes that occur inside the line of a poem |
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| Musical quality based on repetition. |
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| A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each word. |
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| One stressed and one or more unstressed syllable. |
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A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. The opposite of an
iamb. |
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| Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. |
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| One stressed followed by two unstressed syllables. |
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| A poem that does not follow any regular pattern or meter |
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| Repetition of the same sound or consonant. |
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| Repetition of vowel sounds. |
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| A song that tells a story usually about love, death, or betrayal. |
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| A phrase or stanza that is repeated throughout a work |
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| A group of lines that form a unit of poetry |
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Composed by unknown singers based down orally before being written
down. |
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| Written in imitation of old ballads. |
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| The voice talking to use in a poem. |
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