REPEATING AN INITIAL SOUND SEVERAL WORDS IN A ROW. "THE BABY BROWN BEAR BATHED IN THE BROOK"

HER LIPS OF AMBER NEVER PART
BUT WHAT MUST BE THE SMILE
UPON THE FRIEND SHE COULD CONFER
WERE SUCH HER SILVER WILL

THIS FORM OF POETRY IS WITH REGULAR METER OR RHYME, USUALLY A SET RHYME SCHEME

WORDS THAT IMITATE SOUNDS. "MEOW, BARK, BANK, POP"

THE USE OF SYMBOLS TO REPRESENT IDEAS OR QUALITIES

DESCRIPTIONS THAT PROVIDE A MENTAL PICTURE OF A SCENE, SETTING, OR CHARACTER; WORDS THAT APPEAL TO THE 5 SENSES

THE GREAT MASTER OF FREE VERSE IN AMERICAN POETRY, OFTEN USED REPETITION IN POEMS, LIKE EMERSON WROTE IN CELEBRATION OF NATURE

WORDS THAT DO NOT EXACTLY RHYME

EXAGGERATED CLAIMS THAT AREN'T MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY

AN AUTHOR'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIS/HER SUBJECT

A DIRECT COMPARISON BETWEEN THINGS THAT DO NOT USE "LIKE" OR "AS"

ELEMENTS OF HER POETRY HAD DENSE QUATRAINS, THAT ECHO THE SIMPLE RHYTHMS OF CHURCH HYMNS

FOUR LINE STANAZAS

AUSTIN'S VOICE IS MUSIC TO MY EARS

A STRONG, REGULAR, REPEATED PATTERN OF MOVEMENT OR SOUND, USUALLY EXPRESSED WITH STRESSED OR UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES

COMPARISON BETWEEN THINGS THAT DO USE "LIKE OR AS"

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING, THE VARIED CAROLS I HEAR
THOSE MECHANICS, EACH ONE SINGING HIS AS IT SHOULD BE BLITHE AND STRONG

POETRY WITHOUT REGULAR METER OR RHYME

BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH,
HE KINDLY STOPPED FOR ME

WRITING IS MORE HONEST, UNSENTIMENTAL, AND IRONIC

THE ATTRIBUTION OF A PERSONAL NATURE OF HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO SOMETHING NONHUMAN, OR THE REPRESENTATION OF AN ABSTRACT QUALITY IN HUMAN FORM

POETIC STYLE USED UNCONVENTIONAL FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, INVENTIVE PUNCTUATION LIKE DASHES, AND IRREGULAR CAPITALIZATION

THIS FORM IS ALSO KNOWN AS IRREGULAR FORM, EACH POEM HAS ITS OWN FORM, CHOSEN BY THE POET

"SING WITH OPEN MOUTHS THEIR STRONG MELODIOUS SONGS."
WHITMAN EXPRESSES AN ADMIRING, GRATEFUL, FRATERNAL ATTITUDE

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