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Sarah Honors English Poetry Vocabulary

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Similecomparison using like or as
connotationimplied/symbolic meaning or words
narrative poetrypoetry that tells a story
metaphorcomparison between two unlike things
apostropheto call someone or something in a poem
symbolobject that represents an idea
rhymingrhymes in a specific pattern
caesuraa pause in the middle of a line of poetry (extra space of dash)
thememain point, lesson or moral of a poem
point of viewdirection which a poem is told
alliterationrepeating sounds at least 3 times (begining of words)
monologuewhen one person is speaking
odepoem dedicated to a person or thing
tonethe mood of a poem
protagonistmain character of a poem
kenningreplacing an ordinary word with a descriptive word
invectionto attack/ accuse with words
refrainrepeated lines in a poem


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