won't you celebrate with me

won't you celebrate with me Glossary

model

inspiration; blueprint

babylon

a reference to the Bible, here meaning a place of exile, loneliness, or oppression

starshine

the light of the stars

enjambment

a poetic technique of breaking lines in the middle of a phrase

rhetorical question

a question asked for dramatic effect rather than to seek a response

sonnet

a fourteen-line poetic form marked by a shift in tone and focus partway through

free verse

a type of poetry that follows no consistent or set meter, rhyme scheme, or formal structure

apostrophe

a poetic device in which a speaker addresses a reader or addressee in the second person

caesura

a poetic device in which a pause is inserted mid-line

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