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lyric poetry: a poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker
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metaphor: a figure of speech that makes a comparison between 2 unlike things without the use of like, as, though, resembles
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meter: a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
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metonymy: a figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it
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mood: overall emotion created by a work of literature
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narrative poem: a poem that tells a story
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octave: 8 line poem, or first 8 of an italian sonnet
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ode: lyric poem, usually long, on a serious subject and written in dignified language
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onomatopoeia: use of a word whose sound immitates or suggests it's meaning
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oxymoron: figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
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personification: figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
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pun: pkay on words based on multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things
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quatrain: a poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered a unit
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refrain: word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated, for effect, several times in a poem
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repetition: unifying property of repeated words, sounds, syllables, and other elements that appeal in a work
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rhyme: repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding syllables
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rhythm: alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables in language
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seset: 6 lines of poetry, especially the last 6 of an italian sonnet
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simile: figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between 2 unlike things using words such as like, as, than
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slant rhyme: rhyming sound that is not exact
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sonnet: 14 line poem usually written in iambic pentameter (italian or english)
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speaker: voice that addresses reader in a poem
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stanza: group of consecutive lines that forms a structural unit in a poem
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synecdoche: figure of speech in which a part represents a whole
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tone: attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, a character, or audience
