Poety Concepts and Literary Devices
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| Lyric Poem | A short poem that doesn't tell a story
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| Narrative Poem | A long poem that tells a story with plot
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| Dramatic Poem | A poem that tells about an event in a dramatic way
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| Ode | A lyric poem in the for of an address to a particular subject
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| Elegy | A poem that mourns the death of someone
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| Sonnet | A 14-line poem
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| Epic | A poem that narrates the deeds and adventures of a heroic and legendary figure
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| Ballad | A short poem that involves one character
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| Meter | Measure of rhythm in a line of poetry
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| Foot | A single repeating segment of a rhyme
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| Iamb | Unstressed, Stressed
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| Spondee | Stressed, Stressed
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| Anapest | Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed
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| Trochee | Stressed, Unstressed
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| Dactyl | Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed
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| Metaphor | Comparison without "like" or "as"
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| Simile | Comparison with "like" or "as"
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| Personification | Attributing human-like qualities to an inanimate object
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| Hyperbole | Exaggeration
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| Onomatopoeia | Representation of a sound
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| Irony | The outcome is opposite of what expected
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| Paradox | When their are two IDEAS that can be true and false at the same time
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| Alliteration | Repetition of the first letter
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