Test 5: A Bestiary & Guadeamus Igitur Flashcards
striking with firm blows
smiting
a form of extended metaphor in which objects and persons in a narrative, either in prose or verse, are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative
allegory
before
ere
“Let us therefore rejoice”
“Gaudeamus igitur”
heavily loaded
laden
shortness of time
brevity
a characteristic distinctive of a particular person, animal, or place
peculiarity
inconstancy; changeability in loyalty or affections
fickleness
to prosper; to grow; to thrive
flourish
one hostile or indifferent to art and culture
Philistine
an ancient text containing beast-tales
Physiologus
the arrangement of ideas in a poem or work of fiction
structure
dutiful; obedient
duteous
to succeed in persuading someone to do something
induce
by chance
haply
the male and female mates show great and continual affection for one another for their lifetimes
the turtledoe
stress and sadness, haters, the devil, and the anti-cultural Philistine
a shift in the poem to this
mariners think this is an island
whale’s back
whom the poem extols
the university, professors, students, the commonwealth, etc.
lives 500 years; sacrifices itself in flames and is rebon
the Phoenix
“Perish cares that pule and pine!
Perish envious blamers!”
anaphora
“Gaudeamus Igitur,” stanza 1 paraphrase
Live and be glad because youth and old age will pass us, and we will all end up in the ground.
what has characterized folklore as far back as there is record
an interest in the habit of animals
“Death comes like a whirlwind strong.”
simile that bolsters the main point of stanza 3
how the medieval Christian churchman (cleric) made use of the beast-tales
added allegory and/ or a signification (or moral) to the tales
