midterms Flashcards
is a type of literature that conveys a thought, describes
a scene or tells a story in a concentrated, lyrical arrangement
of words.
poetry
A Thai word which means “river”
menam
refers to a short poem, often with songlike
qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and
feelings.
lyric poetry
is the word used for a narrative composition is
rhythmic verse suitable for singing. A ballad is a form of a
perfect verse and it is the narrative set to music
ballad
is a long narrative poem, which is usually related to
heroic deeds of a person of an unusual courage and
unparalleled bravery
epic
is the idea or feeling that a word invokes by
adding to the literal meaning of the actual word itself
connotation
s the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are
close to each other - this also includes diphthongs.
assonance
(which may be traced to the Greek word elegos, “song
of mourning”) commonly refers to a song or poem lamenting
one who is dead; the word may also refer somewhat
figuratively to a nostalgic poem, or to a kind of musical
composition.
elegy
is a specific type of Japanese poem which has 17
syllables divided into three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.
haiku
is the repetition of initial or medial consonants in
two or more adjacent words
alliteration
is a form of poetry that tells a story, often
making the voices of a narrator and characters as well; the
entire story is usually written in metered verse.
narrative poetry
refers to the sense (or meaning) of a word
(or lexeme) as it appears in a dictionary.
lexical meaning
is a figure of speech in which, most often, a part
of something is used to refer to its whole
synecdoche
is the flow of sound and silence that shows order of
alternation of strong and weak elements
rhytm
are any three lines of poetry, whether as a stanza or
as a poem, rhymed or unrhymed, metered or unmetered.
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