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Lyric poem: short poem uttered by a single speaker
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Metaphor: a poetic device of comparison of two things without using a direct comparison (like or as)
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Meter: a pattern of accented and unaccented syllables to create rhythm
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Octameter: a metric line that contains 8 feet of patterned syllables
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Onomatopoeia: a poetic device describing words that sound like what they mean
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Oxymoron: juxtapostion of two words which when considered separately are contradictory but form a complete unit of thought
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Paradox: a statement that seems contradictory, yet may be interpreted in a way that makes sense
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Pastoral: a poem expressing the supposed peace and simplicity of rural life in an idealized setting
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Personification: a poetic device which assigns human characteristics to a non-human thing
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Pun: a play on words that seem similar in sound but have diverse meanings
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Quatrain: a four line stanza
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Rhythm: recognizable patterns of stresses or accents in a stream of speech or line of poetry
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Simile: a poetic device whereby two unlike things are compared using "like or as"
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Sonnet: a lyric poem consisting of a single stanza of fourteen iambic pentameter lines liked by an intricate rhyme scheme
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Stanza: a group of lines in a poem that are somehow connected either by idea or form
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Symbol: anything which signifies something else
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Tone: expression of a literary speaker's attitude to his listener; mood
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Verse: lines of poetry
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Voice: a persuasive authorial presence throughout a work of literature