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6. Elegy

  • A figure of speech, such as a metaphor, in which words are not used in their literal meaning, but in a figurative sense
  • A poem that laments the death of somebody
  • A poetic image or metaphor where someone is likened to something else that is seemingly very different

7. Accent

  • A figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against eachother
  • The prominence or emphasis given to a specific syllable or word
  • Regional dialect indicated through purposeful misspelling of words

8. Pastoral

  • A poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealised way.
  • A late 18th century-early 19th century movement that placed emphasis on the subjective personal experience of the individual. Nature used as a prominent theme.
  • When the rhythm of a poem is soft and soothing like a piece of music

9. Caesura

  • Finishing a line and the idea contained within it with or without puncuation
  • A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line
  • The continuation of a complete idea from one line to the next without a pause

10. Consonance

  • The repetition of similar consonant sounds
  • The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowels sounds
  • A poetic image or metaphor where someone is likened to something else that is seemingly very different

11. Masculine rhyme

  • A rhyme that occurs in the final stressed syllable
  • A rhyme that occurs in the final unstressed syllable (eg. pleasure and leisure)
  • A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem. usually after every stanza

12. Feminine Rhyme

  • A rhyme that occurs in the final unstressed syllable (eg. pleasure and leisure)
  • A rhyme that occurs in the final stressed syllable
  • A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem. usually after every stanza

13. Enjambment

  • The continuation of a complete idea from one line to the next without a pause
  • Poems composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter
  • A hidden layer of behind beneath the literal

14. Alliteration

  • The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
  • Soft sounds
  • Repetition of the 's' sound

15. Conceit

  • A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposites
  • A poetic image or metaphor where someone is likened to something else that is seemingly very different
  • A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis

16. Refrain

  • A rhyme that occurs in the final stressed syllable
  • A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem. usually after every stanza
  • A rhyme that occurs in the final unstressed syllable (eg. pleasure and leisure)

17. Antithesis

  • figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against eachother
  • Ideas expressed in the poem
  • A hidden layer of behind beneath the literal