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Romantic Literature
Poetic Devices
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English
11th Grade
11/04/2010
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Metaphor
 Definition
Nature and earth are "solemn
decorations all of the great tomb of man"
Term
Alliteration
 Definition
"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before"
Term
Simile
 Definition
"Thou shalt not go, like the quarry slave at night"
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Personification
 Definition
"The little waves, with their soft, white hands, efface the footprints..."
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Internal Rhyme
 Definition
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping"
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Refrain
 Definition
"Kingdom by the sea"
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Onomatopoeia
 Definition
"They can only shriek, shriek"
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