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| Per sonification | giving a non-human subject, human charectiristics |
| Extended metaphor | a metaphor in which several comparisions are made and runs on for lines , stanzas or the entire poem |
| Lyric poem | highly musical, reveals the thoughts, feelings, and observations of a speaker |
| Figure of Speech | language meant to be taken imaginitively i.e. simile, metaphor, understatement, irony, personification or hyperbole |
| Allusion | reference to aa well known person, place, event or work of art |
| free verse | poetry withot a set rhyme scheme or rhythm |
| haiku | Japanese form of poetry usually about nature with a set syllable pattern |
| imagery | language which appeals to the reader's senses |
| Hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration for intended effect |
| Narrative poem | a poem which tells a story |
| metaphor | a comparision between un-like objects |
| sonet | a fourteen line poem |
| ballad | highly musical poem which tells a story usually about romance or adventure |
| irony | the difference between what appears to be and what really is |
| assonance | repitition of a similar vowel sound |
| aliteration | repitition of a similar consanant sound usually at the beginning of words |
| dramatic poem | contains the speech of one or morecharechteristics |
| denotation | literal meaning of a word |
| connotation | the set of asscosiation which a word calls to mind |
| concrete poem | its shape reflects its subject |
