final Flashcards
scansion
scanning a line of poetry for metrical beat/rythm
alliteration
repetitions of sounds at the beginning of words in a phrase
assonance
repetition of vowels at the beginning of words in a phrase
consonance
repetition of consonants at the beginning of words in a phrase
neoclassicism
new classicism-referring to the classicism period
Senecan amble
a line of poetry that has the subject first and then details later
ciceronian rounded period
a line of poetry that has much detail and then the subject at the end
metrical regularity
every line the rhyme sceme is perfect, the caesura is placed perfectly
metrical fluidity
allows for some substitution of syllables to fit in the iamb
run-over
no end stop
accent/stress
what part of the word/phrase you put the stress on while reading
italian/Petrarchan sonnet
an octave and a sestet
the octave presents the idea or issue or problem
sestet offers a solution
volta at ln 9
abbaabba[cdecde] (bracketed portion can vary)
elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet
3 quatrains and a couplet
each quatrain explores the main idea
couplet is an epigrammatic turn
ababcdcdefefgg
sonnets
14 lines, iambic pentameter
iambic pentameter
one iamb=unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
pentameter=5
5 iambs
blank verse
unrhyming iambic pentameter
John milton
octave and sestet
octave=8 lines
sestet=6 lines
together is I/P sonnet
volta
a turn of content
quatrain and couplet
quatrain=4 lines
couplet=2 lines
epigrammatic turn
turn in content of poem
metaphysical conceit
a comparison that is more ingenious than appropriate
meta=above/over
native plain style
fixed caesura
end-stopped lines
syntax subordinated to meter (metrics are more important than syntax)
anti-courtly content
imagery often stark, “real” rather than elaborate
classical plain style
floating caesura
allowance for run-overs
meter subordinated to syntax
neoclassical so far as subject matter is concerned
shakespeare sonnets
1-126 are addressed to the fair young man
127-154 are dressed to the dark lady
donnes holy sonnets
abnormal because he writes as the speaker is his soul and he is speaking to God
1500-1660
the renaissance
1558-1603
the elizabethan age
1603-1625
the Jacobean age
1625-1649
the Caroline age
1649-1660
the commonwealth interregnum
1660-1700
the restoration age
1660-1798
the neoclassical period
