Poetry Terminology 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureChristina RossettiA2/A-levelOCR Created by: MyCardsCreated on: 30-03-16 15:03 Apostrophe A figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person/idea/thing 1 of 8 Alliteration A series of repeated speech sounds in a sequence 2 of 8 Archaism Dated/old-fashioned use of writing 3 of 8 Anaphora Repetition of a word or phrase 4 of 8 Antithesis Terms/phrases/ideas that have contrasting/opposite meanings 5 of 8 Allusion Brief reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance 6 of 8 Ballad Meter Second and fourth lines need to rhyme in A-B-C-B order 7 of 8 Couplet Successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length 8 of 8
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