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literary ballad
imitation of the folk ballad done by one author
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idyll
pastoral poem that presents an incident of natural simplicity in a rustic setting, a "little picture" of country life
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lyric
short, simple, subjective poem which expresses a single emotion
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ode
poem which treast a serious subject thoughtfully and emotionally, a tribute to a person/thing
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elegy
poem which laments the dead
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madrigal
poem suitable for musical setting, short and amatory song
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villanelle
19-line French poem
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complaint
poem where the poet laments, bemoans, or regrets
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metaphor
obvious exaggeration for the sake of effect without like or as
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mixed metaphor
jumbling of two metaphors
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hyperbole
obvious exaggeration without any attempt at deception
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metonymy
use of a word for another associated with it
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apostrophe
direct address to the dead
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personification
giving of personality to inanimate objects
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allegory
prolonged metaphor where the narrative stands for some higher meaning
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paradox
contradictory statement that holds truth
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conceit
surprising comparison between two different things
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meter
rise of rhythm in a line of poerty
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trocee
accented/unaccented
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scansion
determining the line and type of meter
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masculine rhyme
rhyming of a single syllable
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dissonance
harsh, inharmonious sounds
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canto
division of a long poem
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blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
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free verse
poetry without regular meter or rhyme
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heroic couplet
couplet of iambic pentameter lines
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quatrain
four-line stanza
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spenserian stanza
9 line poem
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