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Aliteration
The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in words close to each other
Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, event, or work of art
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds with nearby words
Ballad
A narrative poem that tells a story, often of love or adventure, typically set to music
Caesura
A pause or break in a line of poetry, usually occurring in the middle
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds, typically at the end or middle of words
Couplet
Two lines of poetry that rhyme and usually have the same meter
Diction
The choice of words and style of expression in writing or speech
Elegy
A poem of serious reflection, often a lament for the dead
Irony
A contrast between expectation and reality
Metaphor
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”
Meter
The structured rhythm of a poem, usually determined by the number of stressed and unstressed syllables
Onomatopoeia
Words that imitate the sounds they represent
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which two contradictory terms are combined
Personification
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Pun
A play on words, where a word has a double meaning or sounds like another word, often creating humor or irony
Refrain
A line or group of lines that is repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line of a poem
Stanza
A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a blank line
Tone
The attitude or feeling conveyed by the writer toward the subject or audience
