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Poetry Terms Alliteration * Repetition of the same initial sounds Sally sold seashells at the seashore Allusion * Reference to a Person, Place, Thing from that is well known (like a historical event or person) In the song, “Candle in the Wind” – Norma Jean refers to Marilyn Monroe Apostrophe * Words that are spoken to a person who is absent or imaginary, or to an object or abstract idea. Assonance * Repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line The cat in the hat sat on the mat Ballad narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. Blank Verse A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Here are the opening blank verse lines of Birches: When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boys been swinging them. Cacophony * Harsh, unpleasant sounding words Like the sounds of “ck” Caesura * A pause or break in a line (commas, period, dash) The boy, who drank He always felt heavy Closed Form A type of form or structure in poetry characterized by regular and consistent elements such as rhyme, line length, and metrical pattern Concrete Poem Poem that takes the shape of the object it describes.  Connotation Implied meaning of a word The word mother – caring, kind Couplet A pair of rhymed lines that may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem. Shakespeares sonnets end in rhymed couplets, as in For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings / That then I scorn to change my state with kings. Denotation Dictionary definition of a word Dialect A sound of language specific to an area Diction Word Choice in a piece of writing Elegy A lyric poem that laments the dead. Elision * The omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable to preserve the meter of a line of poetry. Alexander uses elision in Sound and Sense: Flies oer th unbending corn.... End-stopped Line There is some sort of punctuation at the end of the lin