Shakespeare et misc

Question 1

inversion

Answer 1

rearranging word order to create new rhythms or emphasize a specific word

Question 2

inversion algorithm

Answer 2

shakespeare: obj, subj, verb modern: subj, verb, obj

Question 3

archaic language

Answer 3

familiar words that had different meanings

Question 4

omission

Answer 4

shakespeare would omit part of a word or a whole word in order to create rhythms

Question 5

Petrarchan love

Answer 5

lover emphasizes the paralyzing intensity of love, language describes love as perfect/perfectly chaste, her only fault is that she is mortal

Question 6

petrarchan love pt. 2

Answer 6

anti-sex, lover is melancholy/wants to be alone, unrequited love

Question 7

classical allusion

Answer 7

an indirect reference to something from greek/roman mythology

Question 8

biblical allusion

Answer 8

an indirect reference to something from the bible

Question 9

sonnet

Answer 9

14-line poem with a complex rhyme scheme that is usually written in iambic pentameter

Question 10

pun

Answer 10

play on words or the sound of words

Question 11

light imagery

Answer 11

imagery that brings light to a grim situation

Question 12

paradox

Answer 12

self-contradictory statement