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  2. List of poems by William Wordsworth - Wikipedia

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    No class assigned: 1807 September 1, 1802 1802, 1 September "We had a female Passenger who came" No class assigned: 1807 September, 1802, Near Dover 1802, September Former title: Bore the title of: "September, 1802" from 1807–1843. From 1845 onward, the poem bore the current title. "Inland, within a hollow vale, I stood;" No class assigned: 1807

  3. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  4. Rhetorical device - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action.

  5. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    Example: My stick fingers click with a snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the keys; Light-footed, my steel feelers flicker And pluck from these keys melodies. —“Player Piano,” John Updike. Euphony –A series of musically pleasant sounds that give the poem a melodious quality, conveying a sense of harmony to the reader.

  6. Ballad - Wikipedia

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    A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.Ballads derive from the medieval French chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dancing songs" (L: ballare, to dance), yet becoming "stylized forms of solo song" before being adopted in England. [1]

  7. Sound poetry - Wikipedia

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    Sound poetry is an artistic form bridging literary and musical composition, in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded instead of more conventional semantic and syntactic values; "verse without words". By definition, sound poetry is intended primarily for performance.

  8. Lyrical Ballads - Wikipedia

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    [8] If the experiment with vernacular language was not enough of a departure from the norm, the focus on simple, uneducated country people as the subject of poetry was a signal shift to modern literature. One of the main themes of "Lyrical Ballads" is the return to the original state of nature, in which people led a purer and more innocent ...

  9. Sound symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Sound symbolism is used in commerce for the names of products and even companies themselves. [20] For example, a car company may be interested in how to name their car to make it sound faster or stronger. Furthermore, sound symbolism can be used to create a meaningful relationship between a company's brand name and the brand mark itself.