lit test 11 Flashcards
Snowbound author
whittier
lady Clare author
Alfred, Lord tennyson
had I the choice author
whitman
we wear the mask author
dunbar
the panther author
rilke
snow in the suburbs author
Thomas hardy
high flight author
magee
the wise old apple tree in spring author
hillyer
nightsong: city author
Denis brutus
landscape with cows author
espaillat
basic structural division of poetry
line
thought resulting in the elevated expression of ideas
poetry
words appealing to one or more of the five senses
concrete language
the implications and emotional overtones some words carry beyond their dictionary definitions
connotative meaning
correspondence of sound
rhyme
regular recurrence of sound
rhythm
is rhyme or rhythm more important
rhythm
stanzas are based on ___, ____, _____
thought, meter, or rhyme
poem that tells a story
narrative poem
poem that is short and personal
lyric poem
Snowbound (narrative)
poem that focuses on the hearth fire; white hair and dead family; compares nature, work, and family
Lady Clare (narrative poem)
nurse is mom; theme is true love
Had I the Choice
inspiration from nature; not traditional
We Wear the Mask
smile; God can see
The Panther
set in a zoo in Paris; panther = poet; theme is writer’s block
Snow in the Suburbs
nature has no compassion; theme: importance of human compassion; bird wasn’t treated great
words are used to appeal to something else that isn’t similar
synesthesia
The Wise Old Apple Tree in Spring
4 generations; no fruit; beauty of nature; they erased the chalk mark on the tree
Nightsong: City
author was from South Africa; against apartheid; wants peace/rest
poem with personification
Nightsong: City
Landscape of Cows
billboard = fast-paced/materialistic
sonnet
Landscape of Cows