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Poetic devices

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