Quiz 13 Flashcards
a short text honoring a deceased person; an inscription on a gravestone or plaque
epitaph
not immediately obvious or recognizable
subtler
connected with the literary figures of the time
Katherine Philips
a cloth used to wrap the body for burial
shroud
the repetition of a word or group of word at the end of two or more phrases, clauses, lines, or sentences
epistrophe
the quality of a container or tube being airtight
Hermetic Seal
large, main branch of a tree
bough
to listen attentively
hark
a sustained, formal poem that mourns the loss of someone or something; a lament or sadly meditative poem on a solemn theme
elegy
a person’s personality; manner
mien
the point of stanza 1 in Dryden’s Song
Joy fades quickly because we ruin it with haste, new cares, and worries
the subject of stanza 2 in Dryden’s Song
the contrast betwen happy birds (who lay their cares on mother nature) and humans
key rhetorical question in stanza 2
- “Why then should man, the lord of all below,*
- Such troubles choose to know*
- As none of all his subjects undergo?”*
an instance of epistrophe
“Hark, hark, the waters fall, fall, fall,”
an instance of anaphora
“Dash, dash upon the ground”
