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keywords/terms Flashcards

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alliteration

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repetition of sound, two or more neighbouring words

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cesura

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metrical pause in verse, one phrase ends, another begins

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kenning

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figurative phrase insetead of noun “whale-path”

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epithet

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byname, in place of name, descriptive “alfred the great”

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epic

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type of narrattive poem, telss story in 3rd pov, has typical conventions like rhyme & meter

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chivalry

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medieval knightly system with religious moral & social code

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histography

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history of history, study of history & methodology of history as a dicipline

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petrarchan sonnet

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italian sonnet, 14 lines, 2 sections: octave (ABBAABBA) & sestet (CDCDCD/CDECDE) John Milton, John Donne

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english sonnet

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Shakespearean/ elizabethian), 14 lines, 1 stanza w. 3 quatrians, concluding couplet (ABABCDCDEFEFGG), shakespeare & wyatt

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sacred & profound love

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difference between physical love & something deeper/higher

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carpe diem

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horace, one should enjoy life while one can, cavalier poets/ robert herrice “ to the virgins…”

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conceit

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extended metahphor where writer sets up & embellishes comparison between 2 things

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didactisim

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teach & instruct, moral, ethical & religious principles, alexander pope & samuel johnson John bunyan: the pilgrims progress

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rationalism

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part of broader intellectual movement, reason primary sourch of knowledge, logical argumentation, clarity, intellectual exploration over emotional or sensational content. influenced philosphy, science, politics

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satire

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humour, irony, exaggaration to criticize/ expose follies/vices of society/people/communities. jonathan swift - gullivers travels & alexander pope - the dunciad

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heroic couplet

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traditional form of english poetry. used in epic & narrative poetry, pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. alexander pope - essay on man, neat balanced lines reinforces rationality

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decorum

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refers to appropriateness of style to subject matter. based on classical ideas that different genres & styles of poetry suited to different subjects. strict adherence meant writer chose style, vocab etc to match subject addressed§

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personification

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inanimate object/ people, endowed with human triats, ambigious bring abstract & concepts to life, ex. death can speak.

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idealism

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philosphical & artistic movement, reaction against enlightenments emphasis on reason prioritizes emotion, individuality & nature over rational thought,

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subjectivity

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impulse o look for ruth inwardly. rosseau, wordsworth & keats. importance of individual freedom with emphasis on subjective mind & culture

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imagination

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means of deep insight and sympathy, power to conceive & express images removed from normal objective reality, way of seeing world through a different lens

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nature

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poetry of meditation & of poetical imagination. significance of nature in understanding human behaviour from many perspectives

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the sublime

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meeting of the subjective, internal(emotional) & the objective - external (natural world): allow emotions to overwhelm rationality

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scepticism

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attitude/doubt/disposition to incredulity, either in general or toward particular thing

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dramatic monologue

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1st person poetic speech, silent audience, complex poetic chiarocsuro - speech translucent

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nostalgia

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affected, sentimental, falsify past through strategies of forgetting rather than recollecting. describe something it is not.

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nihilism

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belief that all values are baseless & that nothing can be known or communicated. extreme pessiminsm, radical skepticism - condemns existence

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cynicism

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dark attitude toward world & humanbiengs, believes humans motivated by greed & self-interest

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symbolism

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use of any person/object/situation to represent an idea of some sort

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free verse

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open form of poetry, arose from french vers libre form, not consistent in metre/thyme etc

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fragmentation

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disingrate, which writers did to themes & narratives.

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anticlimax

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moment of tension dramatically undercut instead off with payoff

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