8/31/16 Quiz Literature Concepts Flashcards
Lyric Poetry Features
- Melodic/Rhythmic
- Personal
- 1 Speaker
- Short
Poem Anatomy: 4 Line Stanza
Quatrain
Poem Anatomy: 5 Line Stanza
Cinquain
Poem Anatomy: 3 Line Stanza
Tercet
Paradox
Self contradicted statement
Syntax
The structure or way sentences are arranged.
Inversion
Placing a sentence out of normal position. Ex: loved did she vs. she did love
Puritan Plain Style
Simplistic, clear writing style for all. They chose to write this way to avoid writers vanity.
Writers Voice: Apostrophe
Talking to an inanimate object or to yourself. Much like thoughts in the brain.
What was As Weary Pilgrim poem about?
Death of her husband, old age, death, reunited with husband and the savior of Jesus and heaven.
What was O My Dead One Month Grandchild poem about?
How her month old grandchild dies after two others already. And how God will return and make up all our losses with heaven.
What was Burning House poem about?
The night her house burnt down. The things she lost and where they went in her house. Loss of things was loss of vanity. God is enough wealth for all rather than lost things.