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3 mistaken approaches to poetry: always rhymes, teaches a lesson/moral, always is beautiful
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3 reasons to use repitition: 1) sounds pleasing to the ear 2) emphasizes idea 3) gives peom structure
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4 types of figurative language: compare, exaggerate, symbols, sound
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alliteration: the repitition of the initial consonant sound in 2 or more words in a line of verse
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anapestic foot: uu/ - 3 syllables with the stress on the last syllable
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antithesis: balancing or contrasting one thing against another for effect
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apostrophe: addressing something nonhuman as if it were human
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assonance: the similarity or repitition of vowel sound in 2 or more words with different consonant sounds (not by spelling)
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ballad poem: type of peom that is meant to be sung is both lyric and narrative in nature
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blank verse: consists of unrhymed iambic pentameter
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consonance: the repitition of consonant sounds that are not at the begining of words in a line of verse (may be at the middle or end)
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couplet: a 2 line stanza
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dactylic foot: /uu - 3 syllables with the stress on the first syllable
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dimeter: two feet per line
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direct metaphor: directly compares two things with a verb such as "is" or "are"
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end rhyme: rhyme that occurs between words found at the ends of two or more lines in a poem
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end stopped line: punctuation at the end of the line
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extended metaphor: metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing
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eye rhyme (sight rhyme): rhyme that depends on spelling rather than sound; words that look like they should rhyme but dont
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foot: a unit of meter; can consist of 2 or 3 syllables
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free verse: consists of lines of poetry that do not have a regular rhythm and do not rhyme
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heptameter: seven feet per line
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hexameter: six feet per line
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hyperbole: exaggeration for the sake of effect, for emphasis not to be taken literally, overstatement
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iambic foot: u/ - a 2 syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable; the most common foot of the english language
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imperfect rhyme (approximate rhyme): rhyme involving sounds that are simlar but not exactly the same
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implied metaphor: suggests a comparison without using "is"
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internal rhyme: rhyme between words that occurs within a single line of poetry
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irony: saying the opposite of what is true
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literary allusion: a reference to a person, place, or thing from previous literature; the 3 most popular : bible, shakespeare, and mythology
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lyric poem: brief, personal poem that is especially musical and filled with emotion; sonnets, odes, and elegies
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metaphor: compares two dissimilar things without using words such as "like" "as" "than" or "resembles"
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meter: a regular patern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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metonymy: the substitution of one word for another closely associated word
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momometer: one foot per line
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narrative poem: story told in verse form
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octameter: eight feet per line
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octave: a 8 line stanza
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onomatopoeia: the use of words that imitate the sounds they define
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paradox: an apparent contradiction which proves, upon examination, to be true
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pentameter: five feet per line
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perfect rhyme (exact rhyme): rhyme involving sounds that are exactly the same
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personification: giving human or animate qualities to something nonhuman or inanimate
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poetry: rhythmic, compressed language that uses figure of speech and imagery to appeal to emotion and imagination
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pyrric foot: uu - 2 unstressed syllables; this type of foot is rare and is found in between other types of feet
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quatrain: a 4 line stanza
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quintet: a 5 line stanza
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refrain: the repitition of one or more phrases or lines at definite intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza
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repitition: repeating a word or phrase within a poem
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rhyme: the similarity or likeness of sound in 2 or more words
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rhyme scheme: the pattern or sequence in which end rhyme occurs throughout a poem
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rhymed verse: consists of a verse with end rhyme and regular meter
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rhythm: the pattern of stresses and unstressed syllables in words in a line of poetry; may be regular or irregular
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run on line: sentence continues on to the next line
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scansion: the process of marking lines of poetry to show the type of feet and the number of feet they contain
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septet: a 7 line stanza
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sestet: a 6 line stanza
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similie: two dissimilar things that are compared using words such as "like" "as" "than" or "resembles"
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spondaic foot: // - 2 stressed syllables
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stanza: a groupd of consecutvie lines in a poem that form a single unit; a division of a poem that is often referred to as a "paragraph of poetry"
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symbol: something concrete used to represent something abstract
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synecdoche: using a part of something to represent the whole thing
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tetrameter: four feet perline
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trimeter: three feet per line
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triplet: a 3 line stanza
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trochaic foot: /u - a 2 syllable foot with the stress on the first syllable
