VOCABULARY Flashcards
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ulteriority
A
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
2
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poet laureate
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someone who writes poems for special occasions
3
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enjambment
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the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line to the next within a poem
4
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refrain
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a reoccurring word within a poem
5
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epigraph
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a short verse or quote that appears after the title but before the poem starts
6
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assonance
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the repetition of of vowel sounds within a tight group of words
7
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Ars poetica
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a poem about poetry
8
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blank verse
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poetry that does not rhyme but follows a regular meter, most commonly iambic pentameter
9
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free verse
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open form poetry not dictated by an established form or meter and often influenced by the rhythms of speech.
10
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idiom
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a short expression that may only make sense to that particular language
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