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Lyric
Poem in which the poet express feelings & emotions; presents a character in the first person to express his emotions
Free Verse
Poetry free of regular meter, meaning free of a strict pattern of stressed & unstressed syllables
Epigram
Rhetorical device that is a memorable brief interesting & surprising statement
Sonnet
14 line verse usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes
Pindaric Ode
A public poem usually set to music that celebrated athletic victories
Epic
Long narrative poem about a hero who represents a particular group of people told through elevated speech
Elegy
Can be defined as a poem or song written in honor of Simone decreased. It typically laments or mourns the death of the individual
Ballad
Type of poetry/verse which was basically used in dance songs Ancient France
Smilie
Figure of speech comparing two unlike things w/like or as
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds. This can occur anywhere in the words
Imagery
Language that appeals to the five senses
Synecdoche
Metaphor in which the parts stands for the whole
Onomatopoeia
Use of words that sound like what they mean
Personification
Non-human things get human qualities
Anaphora
The repetition of a word/phase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Metaphor
Figure of speech comparing two unlike things, in which one becomes another
Alliteration
Repetition of first consonant sound
Hyperbole
Figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated greatly
Liotes
Understatement in which affirmative is expressed by negation
Volta
The turning point of a poem
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