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Poetry test
Term | Definition |
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poetry | literary form that combines expressions and feelings |
meter | rhythmic pattern |
feet | stressed and unstressed syllables |
trochee | stressed followed by an unstressed |
spondee | two stressed |
dactyl | stressed followed by two unstressed |
anapest | two unstressed followed by stressed |
sound devices | creates music effects |
denonation | literal definition |
connotation | emotional associates |
tones | emotional attitude towards subject |
free verse | type of poetry; doesn't follow fixed pattern |
formal verse | follows fixed; established pattern |
paradox | statement idea or situation expresses a truth |