Poetry

Question 1

Elegy

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Genre of poem that focuses on death and/or mourns/laments the death of someone

Question 2

Elegy (era)

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Neoclassicism/Rationalism era (16th-17th Century), time when literature was influenced by the Enlightenment in which writers mimicked the “classical style” of Greek/Roman literature (emphasized form, order, and symmetry)

Question 3

Figurative Language

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Describe something by talking about something else

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Conceit

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Extended metaphor (Elizabethan era)

Question 5

Connotation

Answer 5

Figurative/implied meaning (hidden meaning)

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Denotation

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Dictionary definition of a word

Question 7

Ode

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A poem written to praise or honor often using elevated diction and songlike techniques

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Ode (era)

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17th/18th century era that rebelled against the Enlightenment values by celebrating emotions, imagination, nature, etc.

Question 9

Stanzas

Answer 9

Group of lines in a poem (couplet = 2, tercet = 3, quatrain = 4, sestet = 6, octave = 8)

Question 10

Sonnet

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Poem that contains FOURTEEN LINES in iambic pentameter

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Rythm

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Pattern of stressed syllables or “meter” of a poem.

Individual sort of stressed/unstressed syllables = foot

Question 12

Prosody/Scansion

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Analysis of poetic meter

Question 13

Feet

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iambic = unstressed, stressed, - x - x
trochaic = stressed, unstressed, x - x -
dactylic = stressed, unstressed, unstressed, x - -

number of feet: terameter = 4, pentameter = 5, hexameter = 6

Question 14

English/Shakespearean Sonnet

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3 quatrains + 1 couplet

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Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet

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1 octave + 1 sestet

Question 16

Shift

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Shift/Change/Turning point in a poem, look for FANBOYS or other transition words

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Transcendentalism

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Movement in the 19th century American Literature that emphasizes nature and sense of “divine connectedness” of all things

Question 18

Lyric

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Personal form of poetry that expresses emotions/feelings, often musical (no story)

Question 19

Narrative

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Poem that tells a story

Question 20

Caesura

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Pause, either in the middle of end of a poem

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Enjambment

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Skipping from one line to the next without punctuation

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Dramatic Monologue

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Poet assumes persona of someone else, usually expressing ideas or emotions

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Dramatic Monologue (era)

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Modernism era; 20th century era known for non-traditional experimentation of themes of individualism , relativity, and alienation. In response to World Wars, industrialization, and technology

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Rhyme Scheme

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Pattern of rhyming words at ends of sentences

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Free Verse/Open Form

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No rhyme scheme or meter; literally the opposite of closed form

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Slant Rhyme

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Imperfect rhyme (yard –> barn)

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Feminine Rhyme

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Two syllable rhyme (treasure –> pleasure)

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Masculine Rhyme

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One syllable rhyme (collect –> direct)

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Vilanelle

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A very specific poetic form comprised of five tercets and one quatrain, followed by a specific rhyme scheme and using a refrain

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Prose

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Writing with regular grammatical structure (not poetry)

Question 30

Explication

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A close analysis of literary text

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Refrain

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Repeated line or group of lines in a poem (similar to a chorus of a song)

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Epic

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Long narrative poem usually written about a hero

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Epic (era)

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Puritanism; 16th century era and style adopted by British and American protestants, emphasizing practical Christian piety

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Blank Verse

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Lines with regular meter, but no rhyme

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Consonance

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Repeating consonant sounds

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Ressonance

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Repeating vowel sounds

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Alliteration

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Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Euphony

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Having a melodious, pleasing sound

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Cacophony

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Having a harsh, inharmonious sound

Question 40

Dissonance

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Same as “cacophony”

Question 41

Onomatopoeia

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A word imitating a sound