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Poetic devices
Question | Answer |
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The name given to a situation where the same vowel sound exist in words beside one another or in the same sentence is | assonance |
The rhythm of a poem, decided by the number of beats or stresses in a line is the | meter |
Sonnets have 5 beats per line and this rhythm is called | iambic pentameter |
Contradictory terms appearing in conjunction | oxymoron |
An extended metaphor (with a complex logic that governs a part or all of a poetic passage | conceit |
One sentence of poetry running from one line onto the next | enjambment |
Used for identification fo writing that falsely bestows nonhuman intentions and feelings, such as "depressed clouds" | pathetic fallacy |
The grammatical arrangement of words | syntax |