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A meter that uses a consistent number of strong speech stresses per line. The number of unstressed syllables may vary, as long as the accected syllables do not. Much popular poety, such as rap and nursery rhymes.   show
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Traditionally, a song that tells a story. Originally an oral verse form, sun or recited and transmitted from performer to performer without being written down. Compressed, dramatic, and objective in narrative style. Most consist of quatrains   show
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The most common and well0known meter of unrhymed poetry. Contains five iambic feet per line and is never rhymed   show
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A poetic device using elaborate comparisons, such as equating a loved one with the graces and beauties of the world. Most notable used by the Italian poet Petrarch in praise of his beloved Laura   show
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Word choice or vocabular. Refers to the class of words that an author decides is appropriate to use in a particular work   show
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A verse meter consisting of two metrical feet, or two primary stresses, per line   show
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A metrical foot of verse in which one stressed syllable is followed by two unstressed syllables   show
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A long narrative poem usually composed in an elevated style tracing the adventures of a legendary or mythic hero. Usually written in a consistent form and meter throughout   show
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A very short poem, often comic, usually ending with some sharp turn of wit or meaning   show
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Rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines, rather than within them   show
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Has a rhyme scheme organized into three quatrains with a final couplet. The poem may turn or shift in mood or tone, between any of the quatrains   show
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The unit of measurement in metrical poetry. Different meters are identified by the pattern and order of stressed and unstressed syllables   show
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The means by which a literary work conveys its meaning   show
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A verse meter consisting of six metrical feet, or six primary stresses, per line   show
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A verse meter consisting of seven metrical feet, or seven primary streeses, per line   show
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A Japanese verse form that has three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Often serious and spiritual in tone, relying on imagery, and usually set in one of the four seasons   show
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A short and usually comic verse form of five anapestic lines usually rhyming aabba. The first, second, and fifth lines traditionally have three stressed syllables each; the third and fourth have two stresses each   show
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A short peom expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speakers. Often written in first person; has a songlike immediacy and emotional force   show
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An extended speech by a single character.   show
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A lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion   show
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A verse meter consisting of five metrical feet, or five primary stresses, per line   show
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A stanza consisting of four lines   show
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Any recurrent pattern of rhyme within an individual poem or fixed form.   show
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A complex verse form in which six end words are repeated in a prescribed order through six stanzas.   show
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A poem or stanza of six lines.   show
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An emphasis or accent placed on a syllable in speech   show
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A person, place, or thing in a narrative that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense.   show
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A verse meter consisting of three metrical feet, or three primary stresses, per line   show
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A verse meter consisting of four metrical feet, or four primary stresses, per line   show
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A fixed form developed by French courtly poets of the Middle Ages in imitation of Italian fold song. Consists of six rhymed stanzas in which two lines are repeated in a prescribed pattern   show
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