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  1. Words addressed to an inanimate object as if it were alive or to an absent person as if he were present
    Apostrophe
  2. A dramatic effect in which a character directly addressed either the audience or another character.
    Aside
  3. a melancholy poem which reflects on natre and death
    Elegy
  4. A long, narrative poem based on a series of heroic adventures that are important to the advancement of a certain race or country
    Epic
  5. means "attempt"
    Essay
  6. Poetry having no metrical pattern
    Free Verse
  7. A brief picture, sketch, or scene; short works describing pleasant scenes of country or domestic life.
    Idyll
  8. The use of words which appeal to the senses
    Imagism
  9. The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, usually with a humorous effect
    Irony
  10. The period form 1798 to 1832. the movement turned away form Classicism toward nature, country people, and simplicity of expression
    Romantic Age
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