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Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an imlicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike.
Meter
the regular patterns of accent that underlie metrical verse.
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which some significant aspect or detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience.
Monometer
A metrical line containing one foot.
Octave
An eight-line stanza.
Onomoatopoeia
The use of words that supposedly mimic their meaning in their sound.
overstatement
a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used in the service of truth.
oxymoron
a compact verbal paradox in which two successive words seemingly contradict one another.
paradox
a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements.
pentameter
a metrical line containing five feet.