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Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.
Ex. Viri validis cum viribus luctant. Ennius
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Apostrophe: A figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply.
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Assonance: Repetition of the same sound in words close to each other.
Ex. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.
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Caesura: A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
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Conceit: Vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry)
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Couplet: A stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse, usually rhymed.
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Dissonance: A harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
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Elegy: A mournful poem
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End rhyme: Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
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End-stopped line: A definite pause at the end of a verse due to punctuation
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Enjambment: When one line ends without a pause and continues into the next line for its meaning
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Euphony: Any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
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External rhyme: Two words that ryhme at the ends of seperate lines
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In medias res: In the middle of things
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Internal rhyme: A repetition of sounds within a line (but not at the end of the line)
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Meter: A rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time
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Ode: A long, lyrical poem, usually serious or meditative in nature
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Quatrain: a four line stanza
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Stanza: A group of lines in a poem
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Volta: The shift or point of dramatic change in a poem