Poetry Glossary 21-30 Flashcards
1
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Oxymoron
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a figure of speech that brings together contradictory words for effect
2
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Panegyric
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a poem of effusive praise
3
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Persona
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a dramatic character, distinguished from the poet, who is the speaker of a poem
4
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Personification
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figure of speech in which the poet describes a thing or a nonhuman form as if it were a person
5
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Plosive
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sounds in which airflow from the lungs is interrupted by a complete closure being made in the mouth
6
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Polysyndeton
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the use of several conjunctions in close succession
7
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Quatrain
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a four line stanza, rhyming
8
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Refrain
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a phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem
9
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Synesthesia
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in description, a blending of different sense modalities
10
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Tercet
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a poetic unit of three lines, rhymed or unrhymed
