| A | B |
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| King George | King of England before, during, and after the American Revolution. |
| ballad | story-song or narrative poem. |
| bound | tied up with ropes or other bonds: "bound and gagged hostages" . |
| dumb | lacking the power of human speech: "dumb animals". |
| end rhyme | a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of verses. |
| gust | a sudden, strong blast of wind. |
| ironic | when reality is different than expected. |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere that an author creates in a literary work. |
| onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they name: buzz. |
| ostler | person who cares for horses at an inn or a stable |
| repetition | repeated word or word pattern. |
| rhyme scheme | pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines of poetry |
| slant rhyme | also called near, half, or oblique: two words that share only their final consonant sounds. |
| stanza | a group of lines in a poem. |
| stroke of midnight | a reference to a clock which rings a bell or gong on the hour. |
| torrent | a violently fast fall of rain, or stream of water. |
