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Sonnet

14 line poem written in iambic pentameter, but in contemporary poetry, themes and form vary.

meter

A rhythmical pattern of a poem, created through accented and unaccented syllables

Paradox

A statement or situation that at first seems impossible or oxymoronic, but which solves itself and reveals meaning

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds

Syntax

Sentence structure

antecedent

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

Couplet

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Apostrophe

a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or object, or some abstract identity

Understatement

deliberately representing something as much less than it really is in order to stress its magnitude

Enjambment

the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

Diction

word choice


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