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Glossary

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alliterationa literary device

involving the repetition of initial

sounds in successive or closely

associated words or syllables

assonancea literary device

involving similarity in sound

between vowels followed by

different consonants

dialecticin Hegelian

philosophy, the process by which

every condition (or “thesis”)

confronts an opposite condition

(or “antithesis”) to resolve in

synthesis

eugenicsthe science of

improving human beings by

means of genetic manipulation

free versepoetry that is based

on irregular rhythmic patterns

rather than on the conventional

and regular use of meter

lyric poetry“lyric” means

accompanied by the lyre, hence,

verse that is meant to be sung

rather than spoken; poetry

marked by individual and

personal emotion (see also

chapter 6)

pantheismthe belief that a

divine spirit pervades all things

in the universe

Figure 27.20 EDWARD HICKS, The Peaceable Kingdom, ca. 1834. Oil on canvas, 30  351 ⁄ 2 in.