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Lyric
a form of poetry that is generally short with 1st person speaker, who expresses thoughts and feelings
Elegy
a form of poetry typically reflecting on death/loss. Traditionally themes of mourning, sorrow, lamentation. Traditionally in Heroic Quatrains
Quatrain
four line stanza
Heroic Quatrain
four lines written in iambic pentameter
usual rhyme scheme of AABB or ABAB
associated with elegiac poetry
Metre
the stressed / unstressed syllable pattern
Iamb
unstressed STRESSED
U /
Phyrric
unstressed unstressed
U U
Spondee
STRESSED STRESSED
/ /
Trochee
STRESSED unstressed
/ U
Common metre/ Hymn metre
quatrains of alternating iambic tetrametre and trimetre
Caesura
A break between words within a metrical foot
Enjambment
The continuation of a sentence without pause or beyond the end of a line
End Rhyme/ Full Rhyme
When the final syllables of the line rhyme almost fully
Slant Rhyme / Half Rhyme
Rhymes in which two words may share just one vowel sound ( heart / star ) or consonant sound ( milk / walk )
Alliteration
repetition of same sound at the start of a series of words in succession, giving alliterative pulse
Assonance
When two or more words close in proximity repeat same vowel sound with different consonant sounds
Consonance
Repetition of same vowel sounds in a line of text
Cacophony
harsh and inharmonious sounds; use of words with sharp, harsh, unmelodious sounds (usually consonants)
Dissonance
rough or unmusical language
Euphony
words or phrases giving pleasing/soothing effects due to repeated vowels or smooth consonants
- long vowel sounds, harmonious/soft consonants
Liquid consonants
Voiced lateral approximates like /l/ together with rhotics like /r/
Plangent
A deep, loud sound, that may be sad
Plosives
A consonant produced by stopping airflow, followed by sudden release of air
t / d / k / g / b / p
Onomatopoeia
A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing eg. buzz
Rhotic Alliteration
alliteration of ‘r’ sounds
Sibilance
hissing quality, alliteration of ‘s’ sounds
Synesthesia
Presents ideas, characters, or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one sense
Allusion
brief but purposeful references, to a person, place, event or another work of literature
Antithesis
Parallel structures of contrasting phases
Characterisation
to highlight and explain the details about a character
Connotation
Implied meaning or related ideas to a word
Imagery
figurative language
Juxtaposition
Two things compared to highlight differences
Metaphor
When an object (tenor) is described as the same as an otherwise unrelated object (vehicle)
Dickinson tenor is usually abstract and remains unstated (implicit metaphor)
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature of human characteristics to something non-human
Similie
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things with “like” or “as”
Tone
refers to the mood of a text; or attitude of moment
Anaphora
Repetition of word or phrase at beginning of successive clauses
Catalexis
A catalectic line is a metrically incomplete line of verse, lacking a syllable or ending with an incomplete foot
aka foreshortened
Catechresis
The name given to many figures of speech in which a word or phrase being applied in a way that departs from traditional usage
Conceit
An unlikely metaphor, highly elaborate or extended metaphor
Concrete Imagery
Vivid descriptions to communicate concepts/scenes with sensory language
Diacope
Repeats a word/phrase with one or more words in between eg.
I could not see to see | To be or not to be
Epizeuxis
Repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession for emphasis
Euphemism
a mild or indirect word/expression substituted for something considered too unpleasant or embarrassing
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined. eg.
dark parade
Parallelism
use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similiar in construction
