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Lyric

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a form of poetry that is generally short with 1st person speaker, who expresses thoughts and feelings

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Elegy

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a form of poetry typically reflecting on death/loss. Traditionally themes of mourning, sorrow, lamentation. Traditionally in Heroic Quatrains

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Quatrain

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four line stanza

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Heroic Quatrain

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four lines written in iambic pentameter
usual rhyme scheme of AABB or ABAB
associated with elegiac poetry

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Metre

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the stressed / unstressed syllable pattern

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Iamb

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unstressed STRESSED
U /

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Phyrric

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unstressed unstressed
U U

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Spondee

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STRESSED STRESSED
/ /

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Trochee

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STRESSED unstressed
/ U

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Common metre/ Hymn metre

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quatrains of alternating iambic tetrametre and trimetre

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Caesura

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A break between words within a metrical foot

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Enjambment

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The continuation of a sentence without pause or beyond the end of a line

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End Rhyme/ Full Rhyme

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When the final syllables of the line rhyme almost fully

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Slant Rhyme / Half Rhyme

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Rhymes in which two words may share just one vowel sound ( heart / star ) or consonant sound ( milk / walk )

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Alliteration

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repetition of same sound at the start of a series of words in succession, giving alliterative pulse

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Assonance

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When two or more words close in proximity repeat same vowel sound with different consonant sounds

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Consonance

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Repetition of same vowel sounds in a line of text

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Cacophony

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harsh and inharmonious sounds; use of words with sharp, harsh, unmelodious sounds (usually consonants)

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Dissonance

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rough or unmusical language

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Euphony

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words or phrases giving pleasing/soothing effects due to repeated vowels or smooth consonants
- long vowel sounds, harmonious/soft consonants

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Liquid consonants

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Voiced lateral approximates like /l/ together with rhotics like /r/

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Plangent

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A deep, loud sound, that may be sad

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Plosives

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A consonant produced by stopping airflow, followed by sudden release of air
t / d / k / g / b / p

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Onomatopoeia

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A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing eg. buzz

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Rhotic Alliteration

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alliteration of ‘r’ sounds

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Sibilance

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hissing quality, alliteration of ‘s’ sounds

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Synesthesia

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Presents ideas, characters, or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one sense

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Allusion

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brief but purposeful references, to a person, place, event or another work of literature

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Antithesis

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Parallel structures of contrasting phases

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Characterisation

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to highlight and explain the details about a character

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Connotation

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Implied meaning or related ideas to a word

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Imagery

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figurative language

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Juxtaposition

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Two things compared to highlight differences

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Metaphor

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When an object (tenor) is described as the same as an otherwise unrelated object (vehicle)
Dickinson tenor is usually abstract and remains unstated (implicit metaphor)

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature of human characteristics to something non-human

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Similie

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a figure of speech comparing two unlike things with “like” or “as”

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Tone

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refers to the mood of a text; or attitude of moment

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Anaphora

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Repetition of word or phrase at beginning of successive clauses

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Catalexis

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A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable or ending with an incomplete foot
aka foreshortened

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Catechresis

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The name given to many figures of speech in which a word or phrase being applied in a way that departs from traditional usage

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Conceit

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An unlikely metaphor, highly elaborate or extended metaphor

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Concrete Imagery

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Vivid descriptions to communicate concepts/scenes with sensory language

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Diacope

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Repeats a word/phrase with one or more words in between eg.
I could not see to see | To be or not to be

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Epizeuxis

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Repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession for emphasis

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Euphemism

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a mild or indirect word/expression substituted for something considered too unpleasant or embarrassing

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined. eg.
dark parade

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Parallelism

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use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similiar in construction

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