The prominence or emphasis given to a specific syllable or word
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Alliteration
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
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Antithesis
figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against eachother
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Assonance
The repetition or a pattern of similar sounds, especially vowels sounds
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Caesura
A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line
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Conceit
A poetic image or metaphor where someone is likened to something else that is seemingly very different
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Consonance
The repetition of similar consonant sounds
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Elegy
A poem that laments the death of somebody
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Enjambment
The continuation of a complete idea from one line to the next without a pause
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Feminine Rhyme
A rhyme that occurs in the final unstressed syllable (eg. pleasure and leisure)
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Free verse
Poems composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter
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Litotes
A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposites
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Masculine rhyme
A rhyme that occurs in the final stressed syllable
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Pastoral
A poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealised way.
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Refrain
A line or group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem. usually after every stanza
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Romanticism
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.
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Trope
A figure of speech, such as a metaphor, in which words are not used in their literal meaning, but in a figurative way
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Alliteration
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The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
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