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Section 1
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elegy
a sorrowful poem or speech
assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
enjambment
A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.
mixed metaphor
is a metaphor that has gotten out of control and mixes its terms so that they are visually or imaginatively incompatible. "The President is a lame duck who is running out of gas."
diction
Choice of words
conceit
A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor
cacaphony
Harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite o
blank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
rhyme royal
A seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc
lyric poem
A short poem of songlike quality
consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
paradox
a contradiction or dilemma
didactic poem
a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson
internal rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
devices of sound
The techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry.
hyperbole
purposeful exaggeration for effect
refrain
A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.
extended metaphor
A metaphor that continues beyond it's initial use, can be developed at great length
alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
antithesis
A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses.
caesura
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
feminine rhyme
a rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed, as "waken" and "forsaken" and "audition" and "rendition." Feminine rhyme is sometimes called double rhyme.
oxymoron
A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
euphony
pleasant, harmonious sound
personification
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
poetic foot
a group of syllables in verse usually consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables associated with it.
paraphrase
(v.) to restate in other words; (n.)a statement that presents a given idea in new language
imagery
Language that appeals to the senses.
octave
8 line stanza
ballad meter
a four-line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four.
parallelism
A literary technique that relies on the use of the same syntactical structures
figurative language
words or groups of words that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words
meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
irony
A contrast between expectation and reality
pun
a play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings
masculine rhyme
A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable
heroic couplet
A pair of rhymed, iambic pentameter lines.
metaphor
figure of speech comparing two different things
couplet
A pair of lines that end in rhyme
dramatic poem
A narrative poem in which one or more characters speak
narrative poem
A poem that tells a story
metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
eye rhyme
rhyme that appears correct from spelling but does not rhyme because of pronunciation
quatrain
4 line stanza
end stopped
A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark
free verse
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
rhyme
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
Section 2
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