Irony (poetry): A gap between what is stated and what is meant, or between expectation and reality, used to create complexity.
How to apply it: Analyze how irony complicates the poem's surface meaning and what the gap between statement and intention reveals.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Poetry III
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