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d in oratory. Alliteration is a characteristic of AngloSaxon poetry, notably by the epic Beowulf。 it is still used, with modifications, by modern poets.3. Ballad: A ballad is a story told in song, usually in 4line stanzas, with the second and forth lines rhymed, which are known as the ballad stanza, rhyming abcb. When it was chanted by balladsingers, the audience joined in a refrain which usually followed each stanza.4. Sonnet: A sonnet is a 14line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully patterned rhyme scheme.5. Metaphysical poetry: is characterized by verbal wit and excess, ingenious s