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  2. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Often, the meaning of an allegory is religious, moral, or historical in nature. Example: "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser. [1] Periphrasis: the usage of multiple separate words to carry the meaning of prefixes, suffixes or verbs. Objective correlative; Simile: a figure of speech that directly/explicitly compares two things.

  3. List of last words - Wikipedia

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    But this is my just reward for my pains and study, not regarding my service to God, but only my duty to my Prince." [ 15 ] : 170–171 [ note 49 ] — Thomas Wolsey , English archbishop, statesman and cardinal (29 November 1530); to the Lieutenant of the Tower of London , after falling ill on the way to London under arrest for treason

  4. List of last words (20th century) - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of last words uttered by notable individuals during the 20th century (1901-2000). A typical entry will report information in the following order: Last word(s), name and short description, date of death, circumstances around their death (if applicable), and a reference.

  5. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...

  6. Catullus 101 - Wikipedia

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    The last words, "Hail and Farewell" (in Latin, ave atque vale), are among Catullus' most famous; an alternative modern translation might be "I salute you...and goodbye". The meter is elegiac couplet, which was usually employed in love poetry, such as Catullus' addresses to Lesbia. However, the elegiac couplet was originally used by ancient ...

  7. Last words - Wikipedia

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    Last words are the final utterances before death. The meaning is sometimes expanded to somewhat earlier utterances. The meaning is sometimes expanded to somewhat earlier utterances. Last words of famous or infamous people are sometimes recorded (although not always accurately), which then became a historical and literary trope .

  8. Jeremy Renner: I Wrote My 'Last Words' to Family After ... - AOL

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    Renner — who shares daughter Ava Berlin, 10, with ex-wife Sonni Pacheco — shared a selfie from the hospital via Instagram on January 3, which he captioned, “Thank you all for your kind words ...

  9. Last words (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Last Words, a poem by Emily Brontë published in The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë (1908) Last Words, a poem by Anne Brontë published in Complete poems of Anne Brontë (1920) Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs, a 2000 book edited by James Grauerholz; Last Words, a 2009 memoir by George Carlin