Poems Flashcards

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pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of poetry

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rhythm

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the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

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rhyme

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a repeating pattern of rhythm and rhyme

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Meter

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the use of a word, phrase, or line more than once

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repetition

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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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alliteration

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a comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as

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similie

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a comparison between two unlike things, not containing the words like or as

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metaphor

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a description of an object, animal, place,or idea as if it where human or had human qualities.

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personification

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first quatrain

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an exposition of the main theme and main metaphor

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Secound quatrain

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theme and metaphor extended or complicated. often some imagination is given

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third quatrain

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twisted conflict often introduced by a but

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rhyming couplet

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summarizes and leaves the reader with a new, concluding image.

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