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Section 1
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carpe diem
"seize the day" or "make the most of youth while you can"
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."
enjambment
A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next.
figurative language
words or groups of words that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words
elegy
a sorrowful poem or speech
free verse
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
ballad meter
a four-line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four.
anapest
two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable
apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.
internal rhyme
A word inside a line rhymes with another word on the same line
metaphor
figure of speech comparing two different things
imagery
Language that appeals to the senses.
assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
iamb
poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
caesura
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
octave
8 line stanza
antithesis
A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses.
alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
conceit
A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor
ode
a long lyric poem, serious in subject, formal in style and complex in form
onomatopoeia
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
oxymoron
A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
dactyl
1 accented syllable followed by 2 unaccented syllables
hyperbole
purposeful exaggeration for effect
litotes
form of understatement in which an affirmation is made by means of negation
lyric poem
A short poem of songlike quality
meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
elision
omission (usually of a vowel or unstressed syllable), i.e. o'er (for over), th' (the)
euphony
pleasant, harmonious sound
consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
blank verse
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
cacaphony
Harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite o
dramatic monologue
poetry that reveals character through speech and that consists entirely of monologue/dialogue
metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
didactic poem
a poem which is intended primarily to teach a lesson
extended metaphor
A metaphor that continues beyond it's initial use, can be developed at great length
allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
irony
A contrast between expectation and reality
end stopped
A line of poetry that ends with a punctuation mark
couplet
A pair of lines that end in rhyme
masculine rhyme
A rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable
ballad
usually simple narrative poem with a refrain that accounts an exciting/dramatic episode and usually meant to be sung
heroic couplet
A pair of rhymed, iambic pentameter lines.
narrative poem
A poem that tells a story
foot
basic unit of meter in poetry
diction
Choice of words
ambiguity
multiplicity of meanings
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.
eye rhyme
rhyme that appears correct from spelling but does not rhyme because of pronunciation
devices of sound
The techniques of deploying the sound of words, especially in poetry.
Section 2
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