| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Iamb | Unstressed / Stressed |
| Trochee | Stressed/ Unstressed |
| Spondee | Stressed/ Stressed |
| Sonet | 14 lines |
| Petrarchaian | Love sonnet |
| Spencerian | ABAB BCBC |
| Shakespear | ABAB CDCD |
| Satire | Critisicm |
| Metafictive | talking about poetry |
| anaphora | repetiton of words |
| allusion | refrence to noun |
| aside | lines directed at audience |
| couplet | two ryhming lines |
| connotation | implied meaning of words |
| paradox | reveals a kind of truth |
| consonance | repetition |
| hyperbole | exageration |
| Motif | reoccuring symbol/theme |
| blank verse | opposite of iambic pentameter |
| pathetic fallocy | stranger personifications |
| blank verse | unryhmed lines |
| free verse | isnt measured out |
| sonnet | petrarchan/14 lines of Iambic Pentamter |
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