Vocab 2 Flashcards
admonish
warn or reprimand someone firmly; advise or urge someone earnestly
akimbo
with hands on hips and elbows turned outward
lassitude
state of physical/mental weariness, lack of energy
licentious
promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual manners; disregarding accepted rules in literature/grammar
muse
to be absorbed in thought
pecuniary
relating to/consisting of money
plight (verb)
pledge/promise solemnly (marriage/faith)
plight (noun)
dangerous/difficult situation
subversive (adj)
undermining the authority of established system
vacuous
having/lacking intelligence, mindless, empty
Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet
14 lines in a poem; rhyme scheme ABABCDCD+EFEF+GG
meter - foot
the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
meter - iamb
unstressed, stressed (short, long) in sonnets; “upon”
meter - trochee
stressed, unstressed (long, short) in sonnets; “midnight”
meter - anapest
unstressed, unstressed, stressed (short, short, long); “in the dark”
meter - dactyl
stressed, unstressed, unstressed (long, short, short); “go and ask” “feverish”
enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause after the end of a line/stanza; opposite of end-stopped line
caesura
a break in the line of a verse dictated by a sense of natural speech/rhythm; “to be or not to be - that is the question”
end-stopped line
the ending of a line - ensures each line has meaning; opposite of enjambment
assonance
repetition of identical/similar vowel sounds in literature; “mike’s bike has bright white stripes”
consonance
repetition of identical/similar consonant sounds in literature; “the string was long and strong and played ping pong”
alliteration
repetition of identical consonant sounds in literature; “betty better have brought a buttload of butter”
free verse
poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter
stanza
group of lines forming basic recurring metrical unit in a poem, a verse
octave
first 8 lines of a sonnet
sestet
the last 6 lines of a sonnet
couplet
two lines of verse usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme
Italian / Petrarchan
divides 14 lines into two sections: 8-line stanza (octave) rhyming ABBAABBA –> then 6-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD or CDECDE
