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__-Irony __

a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

 (Wordsworth wrote about how much he enjoys using Sonnet form __in__ the Sonnet form)

__-Petrarchan Sonnet Form __

The basic meter of all sonnets in English is iambic pentameter (basic information on iambic pentameter), although there have been a few tetrameter and even hexameter sonnets, as well. The Italian sonnet is divided into two sections by two different groups of rhyming sounds. The first 8 lines is called the //octave// and rhymes:

a b b a a b b a The remaining 6 lines is called the //sestet// and can have either two or three rhyming sounds, arranged in a variety of ways: c d c d c d c d d c d c c d e c d e c d e c e d c d c e d c

__-Metaphor __

A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. A metaphor expresses the unfamiliar (the tenor) in terms of the familiar (the vehicle). When Neil Young sings, "Love is a rose," "rose" is the vehicle for "love," the tenor.

(Wordsworth says jobs are a prison)

__-Dramatic Monologue __

A literary, usually verse composition in which a speaker reveals his or her character, often in relation to a critical situation or event, in a monologue addressed to the reader or to a presumed listener.

(Wordsworth wrote about his own feelings and thoughts towards Sonnet form)

__**//References used://**__

"Irony." __Dictionary.com, LLC.__ December 2008. __.__

Miller, Nelson. "Basic Sonnet Forms." __Writer's Exchange Board__. .

"Metaphor." __About.com: Grammar and Composition.__ December 2008. .

"Dramatic Monologue." __Answers Corporation.__ December 2008. .

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