Terminology Flashcards
Define romanticism
An expression of personal feeling and interest in the natural world
Define connotations
What’s suggested by a word
Define semantic field
A group of words that relate to each other
What are rhyming couplets reminiscent of?
Sonnets
-love
Define enjambment
When one line runs on to another
Define gutteral
A sound that comes from the throat
Define jingoistic
Overly patriotic to a fault
Define bucolic
A pretty English countryside scene
-like a painting in a pub
Define palimpsest
When the present is intertwined with history
Define quotidian
How ordinary things relate to bigger ideas
Define caesura
When there’s a break in the line caused by punctuation
What should be included in the analysis of a poem?
Introduction- answering question Content of the poem (attitudes, themes, ideas) Structure Tone 3 paras of structured analysis Context
Define flax
A rough plant that gets dunked in water to be weaved
Define negative capability
When beauty overcomes everything else and a person gives themselves up to the experience
Define myopia
Being short sighted