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Unit 3
Poetry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| evident | clear or obvious |
| quadrin | four-line stanza |
| rue | to feel sorry about or regret |
| transfixed | held somebody or something motionless |
| copper beech | a large tree that can live for several hundred years and grow to a height of over 150 feet. |
| ground | the earth's surface |
| mystical | not of this world |
| anaphora | the repetition of words at the start of a series of lines in a poem |
| Apostrophe Poem | a type of poem that addresses someone or something that is not present. |
| Simile | a comparison of two different things using the words like or as |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which the words typically used to describe one thing are used to describe something else in order to suggest a likeness |
| personification | describing non-human things as if they had human qualities |
| villanelle | a poetic form with nineteen lines and a set pattern of repeating lines and rhyming words. |
| implied metaphor | a comparison that is not made directly |
| allusion | an indirect reference to an outside work of art or a cultural figure |
| parallel structure | when the same form is repeated in a series of lines or stanzas; poets often use parallel structure to demonstrate that they are linking two ideas or descriptions |
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