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| line has a regular meter but no rhyme |
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| characteristic rhythmic pattern indicating the end of a phrase and the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
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| pause in the middle of a line |
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| image or metaphor that determines the form or nature of a literary work |
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| poem of lamentation, accompanies a funeral; opposite of an elegy |
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| dramatizes one's thoughts and actions, poem talks directly to us |
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| when line ends with a full stop, usually with a comma or semicolon |
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| category of poetry that expresses emotion usually in a song-like way |
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| rhythmic group of 8 line of a verse |
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| lyric poem that exalts or deeply respects the subject |
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| actor's portayal of someone in a play |
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| occurs at the end of the lines of two verses |
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| rhyme that occurs within the line of two verses |
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| rhymes with stress on the second to last syllable |
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| rhymes with stress on the last syllable |
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| 14 lines in 5 foot iambics |
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| 3 quatrains and a couplet, abab cdcd efef gg |
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