Poetry and Vocab Flashcard 1

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You're my water in the desert, Tylenol for headaches, sunshine in my life.

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Metaphor

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Winter evening settles with steak smell, burnt-out smoky days, gusty shower wraps grimy scraps of withered leaves and newspapers.

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Imagery

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Nothing wrong with America that can't be cured by what's right with America. No hay nada malo con Estados Unidos que no se pueda curar con lo que está bien con Estados Unidos.

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Epistrophe

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"Parting is such sweet sorrow" (Sorrow = sadness) - "Partir es dulce pena"

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Oxymoron

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"One winter it was so cold that even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so cold that all spoken words froze solid before they could be heard."

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Hyperbole

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RELATIVES: Familia

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Kin

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DEEP SADNESS (Profunda Tristeza)

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Woe

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CONTRADICT or give false impression (Desmentir; Contradecir o dar una falsa impresión)

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Belie

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TO ADD TO or MAKE LARGER: Aumentar

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Augment

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HINTING AT BAD OMENS; important: Portentosa o Siniestro

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Portentous