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ANALYZING AMERICAN LITERATURE Flashcards

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forms in American’s poetry

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rhythm, foot, iamb, trochee, iambic pentameter, stanza, free verse

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The —— of the poem is its rhythm.

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meter

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Each unit of the rhythm in a line of the poem is called

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foot

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two different feet

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iamb, trochee

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an iamb is a foot consisting of two syllables first one —second one —–. / iambic foot/

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unstressed, stressed

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opposite of iamb is

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trochee foot

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The trochee is afoot with two syllables first one —-second one —-

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stressed , ustressed.

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trochaic pattern example

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Poe Raven

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iambic pentamer - example

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aunt Jeniffer tigers

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the rhyme scheme of the poem is ———-

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rhythmic pattern at the end of lines of the poem

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The group of lines in the poem —

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stanza /

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free verse

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the poem does not follow any meter or rhyme scheeme.

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verse is

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a single line of poetry aka stanza

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two types of verse

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free verse, blank verse

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verse synonym

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stanza

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multiply verses in a rhythm are

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stanzas

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couplet

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two- lines stanza typically end rhythm but does not have to

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triplet

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three-line stanza

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quatrain

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four- lines stanza

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sonnet

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14 lines stanza may the whole poem.

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VERSES AND STANZAS ARE SUBDIVIDED IN LINES ARE SUBDIVIDED IN —-

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feet

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most common feet are

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iambs, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee

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anapest

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aa-AA

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dactyl

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AA-aa-aa

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spondee

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Aa-Aa

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meter is

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a pattern of poetic stresses

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the sound pattern might result in

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rhyme

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example of iambic pentameter

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Shakespeare

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blank verse

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iambic pentamer without rhythm

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when you look at the meter, rhythm,

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called scansion

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two meanings of the words

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denotation, connotation

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denotation

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literal meaning

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connotation

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words are implying different then literally meaning

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connotations example

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analogy, apostrophes, alliteration, hyperbole, irony, ono-mato-poeia pathetic fallacy, synecdoche

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alliteration

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two or more words in aline start with similar-sounding syllable

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analogy

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things are compare

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apostrophe

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addressing a gone, dead, inhuman things as alive and present

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hyperbole

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over-exaggerating

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irony

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text produce a different effect not align with its meaning

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onomatopoeia

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words are used to make a sound/swish basketball ball into the basket

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pathetic fallacy

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the author believes outside nature is mimicking his inner mood. I’m sad and it is raining

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synecdoche

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using a part o something to refer to whole all hands on a deck / sailors come on a deck /

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ballad

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short songs like poets referring to one subject

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bucolic

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poem about pastoral life

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doggerel

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the short light poem, humorous often sex topic

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elegy

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a poem dedicated to something which has passed

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epic poetry

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Beo-wulf, big word spinning

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narrative poem

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tell a story

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sonnet

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typically above the love, 14 lines eg shakespeare

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the art of communicating

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rhetoric

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metaphor

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use comparison or symbolism to express certain common feature

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two usually unrelated subjects have something common

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no ending of ocean - no ending of paperwork metaphor

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alliteration

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repetition of consonant sounds

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anaphora

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repetition words or phrases

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repetition words or phrases

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anaphora

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repetition of consonant sounds

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alliteration

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polysyndeton

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repetitive objectives

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for fine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory

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polysyndeton

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government o the people, by the people, for the people

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anaphora

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procatalepsis

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the speaker eliminate argument before it is used

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rhetoric question

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pointing reader to answer, the question was already answered and if often ironical.

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