poetry techniques Flashcards
what is a kletic?
a poem that summons a deity/god
what is a koma?
poems to do with sleep
what is a monody?
to be sung individually
what is a chorus?
to be sung y a chorus of singers/dancers
what is a topoi? and list some of the main ones Sappho focuses on
themes - nature, gods, Homeric illusions, homoerotic
what is a tricolon
listing three things in one go
what is a priamel?
listing lots of things - acts as a foil to the true subject of the poem, revealed at the climax
what is an epithalium?
poetry/songs performed at a wedding
didactic poem meaning
trying to teach a lesson or moral
what is elegaic couplets and what poet wrote in this style?
when the structure goes from dactylic hexameter to dactylic pentameter by Ovid. subverts poetry during his time
what is bathos?
effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous
what is a parody?
a piece of work meant to make fun of another piece of work
what is a metonymy?
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive
what is a priamel?
series of listed alternatives that serve as foils to the true subject of the poem, which is revealed in a climax
what is a paralipsis?
technique of saying what you are not going to mention
