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Poetry - (10% of Exam) Flashcards

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Key Figure

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Homer

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Time Period: Ancient Greek Epic Poetry
Contribution: Author of The Iliad and The Odyssey, foundational works of Western literature.

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Sappho

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Time Period: Ancient Greek Lyric Poetry
Contribution: A Greek poet known for her passionate and personal poetry, often about love and women.

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Virgil

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Time Period: Ancient Roman Epic Poetry
Contribution: Author of The Aeneid, Rome’s national epic, modeled after Homer’s works.

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Ovid

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Time Period: Ancient Roman Poetry
Contribution: Known for Metamorphoses, a mythological epic with stories of transformation.

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Dante Alighieri

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Time Period: Medieval Italian Poetry
Contribution: Wrote The Divine Comedy, depicting a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Time Period: Medieval English Poetry
Contribution: Author of The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by pilgrims.

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Petrarch

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Time Period: Renaissance Italian Poetry
Contribution: A key figure in the development of the sonnet, influencing later poets like Shakespeare.

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Edmund Spenser

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Time Period: Elizabethan Poetry
Contribution: Known for The Faerie Queene, an allegorical epic celebrating Queen Elizabeth I.

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William Shakespeare

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Time Period: Elizabethan Poetry
Contribution: Wrote 154 sonnets exploring themes of love, time, and beauty.

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John Donne

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Time Period: Metaphysical Poetry
Contribution: Known for his complex metaphysical conceits in poems like Death Be Not Proud.

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Andrew Marvell

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Time Period: Metaphysical Poetry
Contribution: Wrote To His Coy Mistress, a carpe diem poem urging love before time runs out.

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John Milton

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Time Period: 17th Century Epic Poetry
Contribution: Author of Paradise Lost, an epic on the fall of man and Satan’s rebellion.

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Alexander Pope

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Time Period: 18th Century Satirical Poetry
Contribution: Famous for The Rape of the Lock, a mock-epic satirizing aristocratic vanity.

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William Blake

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Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Contribution: Known for Songs of Innocence and Experience, exploring innocence and corruption.

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William Wordsworth

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Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Contribution: Co-author of Lyrical Ballads and known for Tintern Abbey, celebrating nature.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Contribution: Author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a supernatural sea voyage.

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Lord Byron

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Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Contribution: Wrote Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and developed the Byronic hero archetype.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Contribution: Author of Ozymandias, a poem about the impermanence of power.

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John Keats

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Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Contribution: Famous for odes like Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn.

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Walt Whitman

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Time Period: American Transcendentalist Poetry
Contribution: Wrote Leaves of Grass, celebrating democracy and the human spirit.

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Emily Dickinson

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Time Period: 19th Century American Poetry
Contribution: Known for short, enigmatic poems exploring death and nature.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Time Period: Gothic Poetry
Contribution: Wrote The Raven, a haunting narrative poem about loss and madness.

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Robert Browning

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Time Period: Victorian Poetry
Contribution: Master of the dramatic monologue, author of My Last Duchess.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Time Period: Victorian Poetry
Contribution: Known for Sonnets from the Portuguese, including How Do I Love Thee?.

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Time Period: Victorian Poetry
Contribution: Author of The Charge of the Light Brigade and Ulysses.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Time Period: Victorian Poetry
Contribution: Innovated with ‘sprung rhythm’ in poems like Pied Beauty.

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Thomas Hardy

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Time Period: Late Victorian Poetry
Contribution: Wrote pessimistic poetry like The Darkling Thrush.

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W.B. Yeats

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Time Period: Modernist Poetry
Contribution: Known for The Second Coming and Sailing to Byzantium.

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T.S. Eliot

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Time Period: Modernist Poetry
Contribution: Wrote The Waste Land, a fragmented reflection on post-war disillusionment.

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Ezra Pound

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Time Period: Modernist Poetry
Contribution: Promoted Imagism and wrote The Cantos.

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Robert Frost

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Time Period: 20th Century American Poetry
Contribution: Known for The Road Not Taken and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.

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Langston Hughes

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Time Period: Harlem Renaissance Poetry
Contribution: Wrote The Negro Speaks of Rivers, celebrating Black heritage.

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Claude McKay

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Time Period: Harlem Renaissance Poetry
Contribution: Author of If We Must Die, an anthem of Black resistance.

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Dylan Thomas

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Time Period: 20th Century Welsh Poetry
Contribution: Wrote Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, a villanelle about death.

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Pablo Neruda

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Time Period: 20th Century Chilean Poetry
Contribution: Known for Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.

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Sylvia Plath

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Time Period: Confessional Poetry
Contribution: Author of Ariel and Daddy, exploring personal trauma.

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Anne Sexton

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Time Period: Confessional Poetry
Contribution: Wrote Live or Die, addressing mental illness and womanhood.

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Allen Ginsberg

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Time Period: Beat Poetry
Contribution: Wrote Howl, an anti-establishment manifesto of the 1950s.

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Maya Angelou

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Time Period: Contemporary American Poetry
Contribution: Known for And Still I Rise, celebrating Black resilience.

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Seamus Heaney

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Time Period: 20th Century Irish Poetry
Contribution: Wrote Digging, exploring identity and Irish heritage.

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Derek Walcott

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Time Period: Caribbean Poetry
Contribution: Author of Omeros, a modern epic inspired by Homer.

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Rita Dove

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Time Period: Contemporary American Poetry
Contribution: Pulitzer Prize winner known for Thomas and Beulah.

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Margaret Atwood

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Time Period: Contemporary Canadian Poetry
Contribution: Wrote Morning in the Burned House, exploring feminist themes.

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Louise Glück

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Time Period: Contemporary American Poetry
Contribution: Winner of the Nobel Prize, known for The Wild Iris.

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Tracy K. Smith

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Time Period: Contemporary American Poetry
Contribution: Former U.S. Poet Laureate, author of Life on Mars.

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Joy Harjo

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Time Period: Contemporary Native American Poetry
Contribution: The first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate, known for An American Sunrise.

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Ocean Vuong

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Time Period: Contemporary Vietnamese-American Poetry
Contribution: Author of Night Sky with Exit Wounds, exploring war, love, and identity.

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The Iliad

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Author: Homer
Title: The Iliad
Time Period: Ancient Greek Epic Poetry
Synopsis: An epic poem about the Trojan War, focusing on the wrath of Achilles and the consequences of pride and heroism.

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The Odyssey

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Author: Homer
Title: The Odyssey
Time Period: Ancient Greek Epic Poetry
Synopsis: A journey of the hero Odysseus as he attempts to return home after the Trojan War, encountering mythical creatures and divine obstacles.

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Ode to Aphrodite

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Author: Sappho
Title: Ode to Aphrodite
Time Period: Ancient Greek Lyric Poetry
Synopsis: A personal invocation to the goddess of love, seeking help in matters of romance.

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The Aeneid

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Author: Virgil
Title: The Aeneid
Time Period: Ancient Roman Epic Poetry
Synopsis: A national epic telling the story of Aeneas, a Trojan who journeys to found Rome, embodying Roman virtues.

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Metamorphoses

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Author: Ovid
Title: Metamorphoses
Time Period: Ancient Roman Poetry
Synopsis: A collection of mythological tales centered on themes of transformation and change.

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The Divine Comedy

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Author: Dante Alighieri
Title: The Divine Comedy
Time Period: Medieval Italian Poetry
Synopsis: A vision of the afterlife, following the poet’s journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

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The Canterbury Tales

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Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Title: The Canterbury Tales
Time Period: Medieval English Poetry
Synopsis: A collection of stories told by pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, reflecting medieval society.

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Canzoniere

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Author: Petrarch
Title: Canzoniere
Time Period: Renaissance Italian Poetry
Synopsis: A collection of sonnets exploring themes of love and devotion, often dedicated to Laura.

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The Faerie Queene

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Author: Edmund Spenser
Title: The Faerie Queene
Time Period: Elizabethan Poetry
Synopsis: An allegorical epic celebrating Queen Elizabeth I, filled with chivalric adventures and moral lessons.

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Sonnets

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Author: William Shakespeare
Title: Sonnets
Time Period: Elizabethan Poetry
Synopsis: 154 sonnets exploring love, time, mortality, and beauty.

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Holy Sonnets

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Author: John Donne
Title: Holy Sonnets
Time Period: Metaphysical Poetry
Synopsis: A series of religious poems exploring sin, salvation, and divine love.

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To His Coy Mistress

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Author: Andrew Marvell
Title: To His Coy Mistress
Time Period: Metaphysical Poetry
Synopsis: A carpe diem poem urging a lover to seize the moment before time runs out.

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Paradise Lost

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Author: John Milton
Title: Paradise Lost
Time Period: 17th Century Epic Poetry
Synopsis: An epic retelling of the fall of man, focusing on Satan’s rebellion and humanity’s expulsion from Eden.

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The Rape of the Lock

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Author: Alexander Pope
Title: The Rape of the Lock
Time Period: 18th Century Satirical Poetry
Synopsis: A mock-epic satirizing the vanity of aristocratic society through the theft of a lock of hair.

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Songs of Innocence and Experience

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Author: William Blake
Title: Songs of Innocence and Experience
Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Synopsis: A collection of poems exploring the contrast between childlike innocence and the harsh realities of experience.

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Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

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Author: William Wordsworth
Title: Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Synopsis: A reflective poem celebrating nature’s influence on the human spirit.

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Title: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Synopsis: A supernatural ballad about a cursed sailor who kills an albatross and faces divine punishment.

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Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

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Author: Lord Byron
Title: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Synopsis: A semi-autobiographical epic about a brooding, restless wanderer.

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Ozymandias

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Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Title: Ozymandias
Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Synopsis: A reflection on the fleeting nature of power through the ruins of a fallen empire.

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Ode to a Nightingale

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Author: John Keats
Title: Ode to a Nightingale
Time Period: Romantic Poetry
Synopsis: A meditation on the contrast between the immortality of art and the transience of human life.

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Leaves of Grass

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Author: Walt Whitman
Title: Leaves of Grass
Time Period: American Transcendentalist Poetry
Synopsis: A celebration of democracy, nature, and the human body through free verse poetry.

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Because I Could Not Stop for Death

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Author: Emily Dickinson
Title: Because I Could Not Stop for Death
Time Period: 19th Century American Poetry
Synopsis: A contemplative poem personifying death as a gentle carriage driver.

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The Raven

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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Title: The Raven
Time Period: Gothic Poetry
Synopsis: A narrative poem about a man tormented by grief and a mysterious talking raven.

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My Last Duchess

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Author: Robert Browning
Title: My Last Duchess
Time Period: Victorian Poetry
Synopsis: A dramatic monologue revealing the arrogance and jealousy of a Renaissance duke.

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Sonnets from the Portuguese

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Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Title: Sonnets from the Portuguese
Time Period: Victorian Poetry
Synopsis: A series of love sonnets written for her husband, poet Robert Browning.

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

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Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Title: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Time Period: Victorian Poetry
Synopsis: A poem commemorating the bravery of British soldiers in the Crimean War.

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The Second Coming

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Author: W.B. Yeats
Title: The Second Coming
Time Period: Modernist Poetry
Synopsis: A prophetic poem about societal collapse and the rise of a new, ominous order.

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The Waste Land

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Author: T.S. Eliot
Title: The Waste Land
Time Period: Modernist Poetry
Synopsis: A fragmented, allusion-heavy poem reflecting the disillusionment of the post-war era.

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The Negro Speaks of Rivers

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Author: Langston Hughes
Title: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Time Period: Harlem Renaissance Poetry
Synopsis: A poem connecting African American history to ancient civilizations and natural landscapes.

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Movement

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Details (Definition, Key Works, Figures)

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Ancient Greek Epic Poetry

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Definition: Long narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds, often involving gods and mythology.
Key Works: The Iliad, The Odyssey (Homer)
Key Figures: Homer

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Ancient Greek Lyric Poetry

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Definition: Personal and emotional poetry, often accompanied by a lyre.
Key Works: Ode to Aphrodite (Sappho)
Key Figures: Sappho

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Ancient Roman Epic Poetry

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Definition: Inspired by Greek traditions, often focusing on national identity and heroism.
Key Works: The Aeneid (Virgil)
Key Figures: Virgil

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Medieval Poetry

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Definition: Poetry focused on religious themes, courtly love, and chivalry.
Key Works: The Divine Comedy (Dante), The Canterbury Tales (Chaucer)
Key Figures: Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer

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Renaissance Poetry

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Definition: A revival of classical themes, humanism, and new poetic forms such as the sonnet.
Key Works: Canzoniere (Petrarch), Sonnets (Shakespeare)
Key Figures: Petrarch, William Shakespeare

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Metaphysical Poetry

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Definition: Characterized by intellectual wordplay, complex metaphors, and philosophical themes.
Key Works: Holy Sonnets (John Donne), To His Coy Mistress (Andrew Marvell)
Key Figures: John Donne, Andrew Marvell

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Neoclassical Poetry

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Definition: Emphasized order, reason, and wit, often satirizing society.
Key Works: The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
Key Figures: Alexander Pope

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Romantic Poetry

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Definition: Focused on nature, emotion, and the imagination.
Key Works: Lyrical Ballads (Wordsworth & Coleridge), Ozymandias (Shelley)
Key Figures: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats

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Victorian Poetry

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Definition: Explored social change, industrialization, and moral struggles.
Key Works: The Charge of the Light Brigade (Tennyson), My Last Duchess (Browning)
Key Figures: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Modernist Poetry

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Definition: Experimented with form and language, often reflecting disillusionment.
Key Works: The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot), The Second Coming (Yeats)
Key Figures: T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound

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Harlem Renaissance Poetry

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Definition: A literary movement celebrating Black identity, culture, and resistance.
Key Works: The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Hughes), If We Must Die (McKay)
Key Figures: Langston Hughes, Claude McKay

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Confessional Poetry

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Definition: Intensely personal and autobiographical poetry.
Key Works: Ariel (Sylvia Plath), Live or Die (Anne Sexton)
Key Figures: Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton

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Beat Poetry

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Definition: Rejected societal norms and embraced jazz rhythms, spirituality, and political critique.
Key Works: Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Key Figures: Allen Ginsberg

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Contemporary Poetry

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Definition: Diverse and experimental, engaging with themes of identity, politics, and globalization.
Key Works: And Still I Rise (Maya Angelou), Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Ocean Vuong)
Key Figures: Maya Angelou, Rita Dove, Ocean Vuong

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Meter

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Definition: The rhythmic structure of a poem, determined by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Foot

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Definition: The basic unit of meter in poetry, consisting of a specific combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Iamb

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Definition: A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (e.g., ‘delay’).

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Trochee

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Definition: A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (e.g., ‘happy’).

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Anapest

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Definition: A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (e.g., ‘interrupt’).

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Dactyl

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Definition: A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (e.g., ‘beautiful’).

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Spondee

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Definition: A metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables (e.g., ‘heartbreak’).

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Free Verse

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Definition: Poetry that lacks a regular meter or rhyme scheme.

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Blank Verse

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Definition: Unrhymed iambic pentameter, commonly used in Shakespearean plays and English poetry.

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Sonnet

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Definition: A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme and meter, often exploring themes of love and nature.

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Shakespearean Sonnet

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Definition: A sonnet composed of three quatrains and a final couplet, following the ABABCDCDEFEFGG rhyme scheme.

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Petrarchan Sonnet

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Definition: A sonnet divided into an octave (ABBAABBA) and a sestet (varied rhyme scheme), often posing a problem and resolution.

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Haiku

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Definition: A traditional Japanese form of poetry with three lines (5-7-5 syllable pattern) focusing on nature and fleeting moments.

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Limerick

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Definition: A humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme and a distinct rhythm.

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Ode

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Definition: A formal, often lyrical poem that praises a person, object, or concept.

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Elegy

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Definition: A mournful poem reflecting on loss or death.

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Ballad

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Definition: A narrative poem that tells a story, often with a repeated refrain and simple rhyme scheme.

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Epic

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Definition: A long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and legendary events.

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Couplet

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Definition: A pair of consecutive rhyming lines in a poem.

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Quatrain

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Definition: A stanza consisting of four lines, often with alternating rhyme.

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Refrain

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Definition: A repeated line or phrase in a poem, often at the end of stanzas.

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Enjambment

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Definition: The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line or stanza without a pause.

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Caesura

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Definition: A deliberate pause or break within a line of poetry.

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Alliteration

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Definition: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.

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Assonance

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Definition: The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words to create internal rhyme.

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Consonance

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Definition: The repetition of consonant sounds, typically at the end of words.

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Onomatopoeia

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Definition: A word that imitates the sound it represents (e.g., ‘buzz’, ‘whisper’).

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Imagery

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Definition: Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid pictures.

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Metaphor

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Definition: A figure of speech comparing two unrelated things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

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Simile

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Definition: A figure of speech comparing two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

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Personification

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Definition: Giving human qualities to non-human objects or concepts.

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Symbolism

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Definition: The use of symbols to represent larger ideas or themes.

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Hyperbole

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Definition: An exaggerated statement used for effect or emphasis.

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Paradox

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Definition: A statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a deeper truth.

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Irony

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Definition: A contrast between expectations and reality, often used to add depth or humor.

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Tone

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Definition: The poet’s attitude toward the subject, conveyed through word choice and style.

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Mood

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Definition: The overall emotional atmosphere created in a poem.

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Apostrophe

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Definition: A poetic device in which the speaker directly addresses an absent person or inanimate object.

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Diction

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Definition: The poet’s specific word choice, contributing to tone and meaning.

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Anaphora

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Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or sentences.

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Epistrophe

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Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive lines or sentences.

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Epigraph

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Definition: A short quotation or phrase placed at the beginning of a poem to suggest its theme.

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Villanelle

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Definition: A 19-line poem with a specific repeating structure and rhyme scheme (ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA).

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Sestina

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Definition: A complex poem with six stanzas of six lines each, following a fixed pattern of word repetition.

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Pantoum

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Definition: A poem with repeating lines arranged in a specific pattern across quatrains.

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Ghazal

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Definition: A traditional Middle Eastern poetic form with rhyming couplets and a refrain.

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Concrete Poetry

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Definition: Poetry in which the arrangement of words visually represents the poem’s theme.

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Ekphrasis

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Definition: A poem inspired by and describing a work of visual art.

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Volta

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Definition: The ‘turn’ or shift in thought or emotion in a sonnet, typically occurring in the ninth line of a Petrarchan sonnet.

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Term

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Definition

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Iambic Meter

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Definition: A metrical pattern in which each foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (da-DUM).

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Trochaic Meter

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Definition: A metrical pattern in which each foot consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (DA-dum).

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Anapestic Meter

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Definition: A metrical pattern in which each foot consists of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (da-da-DUM).

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Dactylic Meter

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Definition: A metrical pattern in which each foot consists of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (DA-da-da).

149
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Spondaic Meter

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Definition: A metrical pattern in which each foot consists of two stressed syllables (DA-DA).

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Pyrrhic Meter

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Definition: A metrical pattern in which each foot consists of two unstressed syllables (da-da).

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Iambic Pentameter

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Definition: A poetic meter with five iambs per line (da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM), commonly used in Shakespearean verse.

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Iambic Tetrameter

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Definition: A poetic meter with four iambs per line (da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM).

153
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Trochaic Tetrameter

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Definition: A poetic meter with four trochees per line (DA-dum DA-dum DA-dum DA-dum), used in works like ‘The Song of Hiawatha’ by Longfellow.

154
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Anapestic Tetrameter

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Definition: A poetic meter with four anapests per line (da-da-DUM da-da-DUM da-da-DUM da-da-DUM), often found in Dr. Seuss’s work.

155
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Dactylic Hexameter

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Definition: A classical meter with six dactyls per line (DA-da-da DA-da-da DA-da-da DA-da-da DA-da-da DA-da-da), used in epic poetry such as The Iliad.

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Spondaic Substitution

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Definition: The replacement of an iambic or trochaic foot with a spondee for emphasis.

157
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Pyrrhic Substitution

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Definition: The replacement of a standard foot with a pyrrhic foot, often found in complex meters.

158
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Common Meter

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Definition: A structure alternating iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter, frequently used in hymns.

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Ballad Meter

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Definition: A variation of common meter often found in folk ballads, alternating between iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter with an ABCB rhyme scheme.

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Alexandrine

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Definition: A line of verse consisting of twelve syllables, often with a caesura in the middle (six iambic feet).

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Accentual-Syllabic Meter

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Definition: A metrical system where both stressed syllables and the number of syllables per line are counted.

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Accentual Verse

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Definition: A metrical system where only the stressed syllables are counted, common in Old English poetry.

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Free Verse

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Definition: Poetry that lacks a regular meter but may still employ rhythm and cadence.

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Blank Verse

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Definition: Unrhymed iambic pentameter, often used in Shakespearean drama and Milton’s Paradise Lost.

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Scansion

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Definition: The analysis of poetic meter by marking stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Caesura

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Definition: A pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation.

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Enjambment

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Definition: The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line without a pause.

Humanities CLEP (31 decks)

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