Poetry Terminology
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allegory
alliteration
allusion
apostrophe
assonance
blank verse
cacophony
cadence
conceit
connotation
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consonance
dirge
dissonance
elegy
end-stopped line
epic
euphony
foot
free verse
heroic couplet
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iambic
imagery
internal rhyme
irony
lyric
meaning
measure
metaphor
meter
ode
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onomatopoeia
pentameter
persona
quatrain
refrain
repetition
rhythm
simile
sonnet
stanza
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stress
symbol
tone
trochee
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