PY - R - W2 - Elegies Flashcards
1
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0Ooften
A
Graduated Capitals
2
Q
lemman
A
Lover, Sweetheart
3
Q
'’Most’’ + ‘‘lost’’= (What style)
A
Eye rhyme
4
Q
Your maiden head
A
Virginity
5
Q
Pillar of lights
A
guides
6
Q
September Song (auth + date)
A
- Geoffrey Hill
- 1968
7
Q
Geoffrey Hill (poem)
A
September Song (1968)
8
Q
punctus elevatus
A
are(dth)’‘Swa
9
Q
are(dth)’‘Swa
A
punctus elevatus
10
Q
Poems of
- mourning
- lament
- epitaph (grave-stone)
A
Elegies
11
Q
poems of commemoration & meditation
A
Elegies
12
Q
Where are they (theme) + e.g.
A
Ubi Sunt
e.g. Wanderer
13
Q
Implicit reference to another poem or story, or to a person or event.
A
Allusion
14
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Allusion
A
- Association (type of)
- Literal form of symbolic reference
Lat. ad + ludere, ‘to play beside’
15
Q
I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be.
A
Allusion
