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  2. Ecphonesis - Wikipedia

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    Ecphonesis (Greek: ἐκφώνησις) is an emotional, exclamatory phrase (exclamation) used in poetry, drama, or song. It is a rhetorical device that originated in ancient literature. A Latin example is "O tempora! O mores!" ("Oh, the times! Oh, the morals!"). A modern example is "Young man!" from the song YMCA by the Village People.

  3. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    It is the most frequently used modern form, including all poems in which the speaker’s ardent expression of emotion predominates. Ranging from complex thoughts to simple wit, lyric poetry often evokes in the readers a recollection of similar emotional experiences. Ode–Several stanzaic forms that are more complex than that of the lyric. It ...

  4. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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    It is used as an expressive way to depict an idea. The symbol generally conveys an emotional response far beyond what the word, idea, or image itself dictates. Example: A heart standing for love. (One might say "It broke my heart" rather than "I was really upset") Example: A sunrise portraying new hope. ("All their fears melted in the face of ...

  5. List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia

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    Name Definition Example Setting as a form of symbolism or allegory: The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction; sometimes, storytellers use the setting as a way to represent deeper ideas, reflect characters' emotions, or encourage the audience to make certain connections that add complexity to how the story may be interpreted.

  6. Flashback (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a study on the use of the Nabilone for the treatment of nightmares in PTSD patients found that, in some cases, the use of the synthetic cannabinoid reduced daytime flashbacks. [30] However another study found subjects previously exposed to cannabinoids (non-synthetic), could experience cannabinoid "flashbacks" when THC stored in ...

  7. Involuntary memory - Wikipedia

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    Social phobia, [21] bipolar disorder, [22] depression, [23] and agoraphobia, [24] are a few examples of disorders that have influences from flashbacks. Psychosis is defined as a range of perceptual presentations, with the associated symptoms frequently referred to as either positive or negative .

  8. Ezra Pound's Three Kinds of Poetry - Wikipedia

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    Melopoeia or melopeia is when words are "charged" beyond their normal meaning with some musical property which further directs its meaning, [1] inducing emotional correlations by sound and rhythm of the speech. Melopoeia can be "appreciated by a foreigner with a sensitive ear" but does not translate well, according to Pound. [1]

  9. Confessional poetry - Wikipedia

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    Confessional poetry or "Confessionalism" is a style of poetry that emerged in the United States during the late 1950s and early 1960s. [1] It is sometimes classified as a form of Postmodernism . [ 2 ]