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a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulatedsynonyms: synesthesiatypes:chromaesthesia, chromesthesiaa form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensationscolored audition, colored hearinga form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimulitype of:aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impressionan unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
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One of the stumbling blocks when trying to study poetry is that it seems like a different world. Familiar things, like words, are put to unfamiliar use, and there is an entire descriptive vocabulary that is completely foreign and quite often puzzling. This list seeks to explain the words used to describe poetry through examples from famous poems. Nassim Nicholas Taleb said, "If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry," but we are willing to take that risk to make the world of literary analysis a little clearer and further illuminate the mystery of poetry.
Follow your impulse to learn this information processing vocabulary! This list covers the nervous system, cognition, perception, memory, and much more. You'll definitely want to commit these words to your long-term memory.