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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| motif | x/ | Noun |
| theme | / | Noun |
| metaphor | /xx | Noun |
| subtext | /x | Noun |
| hallmark | /x | Noun |
| touchstone | /x | Noun |
| foregrounded | /xx | Verb |
| preoccupation | xxx/x | Noun |
| thematic | x/x | Adjective |
| recurring | x/x | Adjective |
| counterpoint | /xx | Noun |
| catchphrase | // | Noun |
| repetition | xx/x | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| overarching | /xxx | Adjective |
| emblematic | xx/x | Adjective |
| recurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| trope | x | Noun |
| apotheosis | xxx/x | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| reiteration | xxx/x | Noun |
| aphorism | /xxx | Noun |
| melody | /xx | Noun |
| watchword | /x | Noun |
| omnipresent | xx/x | Adjective |
| recapitulation | xx/x/x | Noun |
| personification | xxxx/x | Noun |
| soundtrack | /x | Noun |
| coda | /x | Noun |
| linchpin | /x | Noun |
| contrapuntal | x//x | Adjective |
| allegory | /xxx | Noun |
| symbolism | /xxx | Noun |
| mantra | /x | Noun |
| accompaniment | x/xx | Noun |
| epigraph | xx/ | Noun |
| echoes | /x | Noun |
| characteristic | xxx/x | Noun |
| motivic | /xx | Adjective |
| narrative | /xx | Noun |
| riff | / | Noun |
| truism | /xx | Noun |
| undercurrent | /xxx | Noun |
| iconography | xx/xx | Noun |
| corollary | /xxx | Noun |
| characterises | xxx/x | Verb |
| underpinning | /xxx | Noun |
| incarnation | x//x | Noun |
| iconographic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| archetype | /xx | Noun |
| elaboration | xxx/x | Noun |
| byword | /x | Noun |
| pervades | x/ | Verb |
| refrains | x/ | Noun |
| prelude | /x | Noun |
| paradox | /xx | Noun |
| idea | x/x | Noun |
| subject | x/ | Noun |
| figure | /x | Noun |
| topic | /x | Noun |
| lead | / | Noun |
| sequence | /x | Noun |
| opera | /x | Noun |
| sketch | / | Noun |
| subsidiary | x/xxx | Noun |
| mood | / | Noun |
| keynote | /x | Noun |
| lick | / | Noun |
| tenor | /x | Noun |
| meditation | xx/x | Noun |
| tune | / | Noun |
| idyll | /x | Noun |
| chorus | /x | Noun |
| line | / | Noun |
| legend | /x | Noun |
| melodrama | /xxx | Noun |
| theme song | // | Phrase, Noun |
| overture | /xx | Noun |
| part | / | Noun |
| incipit | x/x | Noun |
| oratorio | xx/xx | Noun |
| song | / | Noun |
| underlay | /xx | Verb |
| note | / | Noun |
| elegy | /xx | Noun |
| burden | /x | Noun |
| lied | / | Verb |
| aria | /xx | Noun |
| canto | /x | Noun |
| mood music | //x | Phrase, Noun |
| tone | / | Noun |
| legato | x/x | Noun |
| lyrics | /x | Noun |
| fugue | / | Noun |
| opening | /xx | Noun |
| wagnerian | x/xx | Adjective |
| veritable | /xxx | Adjective |
| spectacle | /xx | Noun |
| reappears | xx/ | Verb |
| novel | /x | Noun |
| runs | / | Verb |
| writings | /x | Noun |
| musical | /xx | Adjective |
| dominant | /xx | Adjective |
| persistent | x/x | Adjective |
| film | / | Noun |
| discourse | /x | Noun |
| play | / | Noun |
| poem | /x | Noun |
| essay | x/ | Noun |
| book | / | Noun |
| career | x/ | Noun |
| forms | / | Verb |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| attribute | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| desideratum | xx/xx | Noun |
| determinant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| factor | /x | Noun, Verb |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fulcrum | /x | Noun |
| motivator | /xxx | Noun |
| motto | /x | Noun, Verb |
| presupposition | xxx/x | Noun |
| signifier | /xxx | Noun |
| slogan | /x | Noun |
| tagline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| tenet | /x | Noun |
| thread | / | Noun, Verb |
| thrust | / | Noun, Verb |
| headlines | /x | Noun |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| chunk | / | Noun, Verb |
| cluster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vernacular | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| standard | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| dialect | /xx | Noun |
| collocation | xx/x | Noun |
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cloth | / | Noun |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
