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alliteration

multiple words in a sentence beginning with the same sound

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assonance

multiple words in a phrase that share the same vowel sound in syllables

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consonance

multiple words in a phrase that share the same consonant sound in syllables

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pun

joke in which exploits the multiple meanings of a word. sans undertale

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onomatopoeia

sounds being described though words

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rhyme

endings of words possessing the same sound

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rhythm

beat or flow of a poem (look i changed it are you happy now)

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simile

using like or as to compare things

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metaphor

comparing two different things

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allusion

reference to an idea, person, place, etc that holds some kind of significance

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personification

giving human-like qualities to non-human things

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zoomorphism

giving things non-human-like qualities (aka furries)

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idiom

phrase that is non-literal in its figurative meaning

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visual imagery

describing to allow the reader to experience or see the poem and its visualisation

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auditory imagery

describing sounds to allow the reader to imagine the poem’s audio

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tactile imagery

describing using words to make the reader feel touch or imagine this sense

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olfactory imagery

describing to allow the reader to understand/feel the smell

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gustatory imagery

describing to allow the reader to feel or guess the taste of something (cum)

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19

line

line in a poem pretty fucking self-explanatory

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stanza

group of lines, normalement it’s separated by a skipped line

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enjambment

when a sentence transfers and continues over to the next line.

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repetition

repeating repeating repeating c’mon for fucks sake

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anaphora

repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause

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epistrophe

repeating a word or phrase at the end of a clause

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meter

100cm, just kiddinf its the rhythm and beat of a poem

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oxymoron

contradictory terms appear next to each other

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analogy

comparison between two different things to see a point of similarity

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