Ch. 1 Terms Flashcards
0
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The giving of personal characteristics to something that is not a person.
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Personification
1
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The recurrence of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby stressed syllables
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Alliteration
2
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Wandering minstrels who sang to entertain chieftains, warriors, and their retainers in mead halls.
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Scop
3
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A long, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national hero
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Epic
4
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A natural break in the middle, that contributed to the rhythmic effect.
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Caesura
5
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Short, melodic poetry
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Lyric poetry
6
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Sorrowful.
Expressing the realization that the joys and beauties of the world, though countless, are transitory.
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Elegy (Elegiac poetry)
7
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metaphoric compound of two words
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Kenning
