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Poetry Flashcards

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What is the topic?

A

Rhyme

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What is Milton’s tone?

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Deffensive

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Who seems to be the intended audience?

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Critics

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Meter

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Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

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Foot

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One pair of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Iamb

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Type of foot where unstressed syllable is first then stressed

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Penta

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5 iambs (10 syllables)

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Iambic pentameter

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A type of meter where a line of poetry containing 10 syllables, starting with an unstressed syllable. (Can rhyme)

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Blank verse

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Iambic pentameter without rhyme

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English heroic verse

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Iambic pentameter (with or without rhyme) that deals with heroic plot and themes

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Couplet

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2 conseq lines of poetry where last words rhyme

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Heroic couplet

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English heroic verse that featured 2 conseq lines of iamb pent that rhyme

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Why did Milton sound angry?

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Insults rhyme,

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