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Poetry - terms Flashcards

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caesura

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a metrical pause in the form of a gap between lines in a poem

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alliteration

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repeating initial sounds

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epiteth

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different names for the same character ex, describing Beowulf as “the monstrous one”

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kenning

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a compund metaphor, ex: the door -> the house’s mouth

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Petrarchan Sonnet

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(italian) brought to England by Thomas Wyatt. 14 lines. Begins with ABBAABBA

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English Sonnet

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(shakesperean) 14 lines. Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD etc…

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Trocahaic tetrameter

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a meter featuring lines composed on four trochaic feet

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Iambic tetrameter

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Ballad form - inspired by antique poetry. Four syllables, two stressed and two unstressed.

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Iambic pentameter

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Five iambic feet in a row. Chaucer introduced this and it is what Shakespeare used!

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personification

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giving personal attributes to inanimate objects

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similie

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comparing something to something else. You are like a rose.

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Petrarchan love poetry

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uses lots of traditional similies

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anti-petrarchan poetry

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uses “ugly” similes as a revolt against petrarchan poetry

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metha-physical poetry

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17-th century. Uses a lot of conceits (extended metaphors). Philosophical exploration. Themes: love, religion and morality. Often uses an ironic tone.

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allegory

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an extended metaphor

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volta

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A rethorical shift/dramatic turn in emotion

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Terza Rima

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Italian rhyme scheme used by Danthe. ABA, BCB etc. Also used by Shelley in “Ode to the west wind”

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Invocation

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Calling upon/requesting help in constructing the poem. A convention of the epic poem.

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Rondeau

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Loop - beginning and ending in the same way

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Dramatic monologue

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as in Browning’s “My last duchess”. A conversation in poetic form.

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Poet Laureate

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British ‘state poet’. First: John Dryden (1668). Other examples: William Wordsworth, Lord Tennnyson, Ted Hughes and Carol Ann Duffy. Current: Simon Armitage

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