Basic Poetry Terms Flashcards
1
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What is Literary Tension?
A
Thematic or descriptive contrast within a text
2
Q
What is Denotation vs. Connotation
A
Denotation: the exact, literal dictionary definition of a word. Connected to Literal Meaning
Connotation: associative meanings, feelings and intuid elements of a word
- figurative meaning
- based on context
Ex: Night
Denotation: sun is down Connotation: fear, evil, death
3
Q
What is a Conceit?
A
An extended metaphor throughout a literary text
Ex. Knowledge in Keat’s poem
4
Q
Literal Meaning
A
limited to the simplest, ordinary, most obvious meaning
5
Q
Figurative Meaning
A
associative or connotative meaning; representational
6
Q
Meter
A
measured pattern of rhythmic accents in line of verse
7
Q
Rhyme
A
correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse
