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Internal rhyme

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Rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end or in the middle of the next

2
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Metaphor

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Word or phrase applied to an object to which doesn’t imply it literal meaning

3
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Metaphysical conceit

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Analogy between ones spiritual qualities and an object in the physical world and sometimes controls the whole structure of the poem

4
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Meter

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Stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within lines of a poem. Stressed longer and Unstressed shorter

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Octave

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A verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter

6
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Onomatopoeia

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Sounds moo bam swish

7
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Paradox

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Statement that seems self contradictory but may include latent truth “ I cannot agree or disagree to that statement”

8
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Personification

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Human qualities given to object s etc

9
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Petrarchan sonnet

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Sonnet consisting of an octave with one of many rhyme scheme

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Pyrrhic foot (prosody)

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Metrical form consisting of two unaccented short syllables

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Quatrain

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Stanza of four lines, especially one with alternate rhymes

12
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Refrain

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Phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem