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| lyric poem | expresses the thoughts or feelings of a single speaker written with a songlike quality. |
| simile | a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as." |
| Metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." |
| caesuras | rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines, where the reciter could pause for breath. |
| kennings | two-word poetic renamings of people, places, and things, such as saying "whales home" for sea. |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed, stress syllables (for example, "batter these ramparts" |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables. |
| elegy | lyric poem mourning the loss of someone or something. |
| allusion | an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text |
