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EPITAPH
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A SHORT POEM- USUALLY RHYMED, OFTEN CLEVER, WITH A PLAY ON WORDS- THAT DRAWS ON THE TRADITION OF VERSES THAT ADORNED TOMBSTONES IN THE DAYS OF OLD
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ELEGY
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NO SPECIFIC FORM BUT HAS A SOMBER, SOMETIMES MOURNFUL TONE BECAUSE IT IS GENERALLY ABOUT THE DEATH OF AN IMPORTANT PERSON OR LOVED ONE
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ALLITERATION
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THE REPETITION OF CONSTANT SOUNDS
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COUPLET
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A TWO-LINE POEM OR STANZA, USUALLY RHYMING
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AUBADE
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POEM THAT LAMENTS OR CELEBRATES THE COMING OF THE DAWN
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ALLEGORY
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A tale in which characters or objects stand for certain abstract qualities, such as Hope, Despair, Greed, ext….
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Acrostic Poem
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Descriptive poems in which the first letter of each line spells out the subject of the poem
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning, as do buzz, clatter, & hiss
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