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Whaddat?

This is an alphabetical list of literary terms mentioned throughout the blog.

alexandrine
beast epic/fable
blank verse
bob-and-wheel
caesura
Chaucerian stanza
eclogue
epithalamium
litote
miracle plays
mock-heroic
morality play
mystery play
Petrachan sonnet
rhyme royal
sestina
Shakespearean sonnet
Skeltonic verse
sonnet cycle
Spenserian sonnet
Spenserian stanza
tumbling verse



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