Poetic Techniques Flashcards
1
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Interpellation
A
When the reader is invited to participate in a text
2
Q
Volta
A
Turning point in the poem
3
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Enjambment
A
The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the line/stanza
4
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Homodiegetic
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When the narrator is also the protagonist
5
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Nihilism
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Rejection of all religious and moral principles, the belief that life is meaningless
6
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Stasis
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Moment of equilibrium
7
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Marxism
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Extreme left wing, socialism
8
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Aristocracy
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A form of government that places power in the hands of a small ruling class, the aristocrats.
9
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Didactic
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Something intended to teach/give moral instruction
10
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Heroic Couplets
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Rhyming lines
11
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Chronographia
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Literary poetic description of time passing
12
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Periphrasis
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A deliberately digressive description which delays the storyline
