Hamlet Close Analysis Flashcards
Ambiguity
-multiple meanings
Apostrophe
– addresses inanimate or absent thing as though it is there.
Assonance
- repetition of vowel sounds
Anadiplosis -
Starting one clause with the final word of the previous clause
Consonance-
repetition of consonants
Hyberbole –
exaggeration
Metaphysical conceit -
metaphor or simile that links two apparently unrelated fields in an unusual conjunction of ideas.
Spondee-
stressed then stressed
Syntax –
word order/ sentence structure
Synaesthesia-
opposite senses used to describe the sense “darkness visible”
Trochee-
stressed unstressed
Blank Verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
Caesura
break in a a line, punctuation
Chiasmus –
reversal of words in grammatical structure eg) “to be or not to be”
Enjambement
lines run into one another
End stopped line
using a full stop at the end of the line
Feminine/masculine ending
feminine in unstressed masculine is stressed
Rhyming couplet
two rhyming lines
Aside
heard by the audience but not members of the cast
Anapest
unstressed/unstressed/ stressed or galloping meter – builds tension
Diction
formal (polysyllabic eg – Polonius) neutral – direct simple low – relaxed colloquialisms
Dactylic rhyme
rhyming words of three or more syllables where the last syllable isn’t stressed eg) gravity/depravity
Heroic couplet
two successive rhyming lines of iambic pentameter, second line is usually end stopped.
Foot/Prosody
a measured combination of heavy and light stresses
Trochaic rhyme
rhyming words of two syllables in which the first syllable is stressed eg) flower/ shower
Slant rhyme
rhyme in consonants not vowels eg) slim/ham
Idiomatic phrases
literal meaning is different to intended meaning - eg) hold your tongue
