Poetry Terms
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abrorrer023 on April 15, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 speaker | the narrator; voice of the poem is not always that of the poet, meaning that the poem may not necessarily be what the poet believes... |
| characterization | when the speaker in the poem is an actual character, clearly distinct from the poet; char. can be borrowed from history or literature |
| narrative poem | tells a story |
| lyric(al) poetry | a first person poem where thoughts and feelings are expressed; NOT a story |
| dramatic monologue | consists entirely of the words of a single, fictional speaker, speaking in a clear setting |
| denotation | the dictionary definition of a word |
| connotation | what a word implies beyond the definition |
| allusion | reference to history, religion, mythology, or literature |
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