Vocab Flashcards
Alliteration
The repetition of a sounds at the beginnings of words
Assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds at the beginnings of words
Consonnance
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
Caesura
a pause in a line of poetry
Couplet
two lines of meter in poetry that form a unit
Couplets in sonnets
the last two lines that rhyme
Enjambment
when a sentence begins in one line and ends in the next.
Dramatic Poetry
Poetry that uses dialogue of characters to communicate or express something.
Envoi
a short concluding stanza in a poem that may address a person or comment on the entire body of the poem un until it.
imagism
an early 20th century American movement focused on clear precise and sharp imagery and language
Lexical repetition
The pattern of repetition of endwords
Lyric Poetry
Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker
Metaphysical poetry
Poetry that is characterized by use of conceits, and by its topics, such as love. John Donne is a famous metaphysical poet.
Modernism
A movement across all artistic endeavours, in the early decades of the 20th century, that broke off radically from traditional forms, Ezra Poud is a famous leader in modernistic poetry.
narrative poetry
Poetry that tells a story, usually has a narrator
Octave
a stanza of eight lines
sestet
a stanza of six lines
terset
a stanza of 3 lines
Dramatic Monologue
a poem tolfd from a persona that has a direct address
Rhetorical shift
A shift in attitude
Tone
The author/poet’s attitude toward the subject matter
Attitude
Attitude is how the writer approaches the subject, can be seen in hs figurative language, diction, etc.
Syntax
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Quatrain
a stanza of 4 lines
refrain
repeated line(s)
Rhythm
repetition of sounds and beats to create movement, difficult to define.
Satire
a form of literature where certain aspects of a perso or society are ridiculed, using wit. It is funny, but can be used for construcive social criticism, to shame into change.
Satiric Poetry
A Poem that performs what satire does
Troubadours
A group of 12th century poets, first in france, they were court poets. They created the sestina.
Vernacular
a native language or dialect of a certain population.
Voice
The characteristic speech and thought patterns of the narrator
wit
combination of wordplay and conceptual thinking to create humor that is not meant to insight laughter but to draw attention and sometimes reveal deeper feelings or messages
Closure in Sestinas
The formal closure of the Sestina, its envoi of three lines that uses all 6 endwords from throughout the poem, can counter, reflect or have a dialogue with the preceding body of the poem, as it may create new meaning in those words when put together.
Dialogue in ballads
dialogue is a major part of traditional ballads, it allows for the communication to the reader of many things, including moral teachings.
Dramatic Poetry
Dramatic poetry uses the dialogue of the characters to tell a story or communicate something
Epic Poetry
An epic is a long narrative poem that is usually about a serious and elevated topic.
Epigrammatic poetry
An epigrammatic poem is one that is or contains very neat, sharp statements that use wit to draw the reader’s attention and thought. An epigram is the noun.
Nursery Rhyme
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Poetry / Music
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Eco-Poetry
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The 5 Phases of Plot
Exposition: -The who, what, when, etc. Complication Conflict Climax Resolution
Pathos
relates to emotions. persuading by targeting and drawing the reader’s emotions.
Logos
relates to logic and reasoning. It means persuading the reader byut the use of logic and reasoning. The reasoning that back your argument
Ethos
relates to credibility, ethical appeal, convincing the reader based on the character of the author or poet, making yourself worthy of listening to,
Confessional Poetry
An american poetry movement in the 1950’s, notable confessional poets were sylvia plath and anne sextant. They were revolutionary in that they wrote openly and intimately about their private lives.
Prose Poetry
Prose poetry uses figurative language, and fits it into justified paragraphs. it is in blocks of these paragraphs, not stanzas
exphrastic poetry
poetry based on a painting
Formalist interpretation
close reading, considering only the poem itself
Biographcal interpretation
interpretation that looks to connect the author’s biography with the poem
Historical interpretation
interpretation that seeks to connect the poem with what was ocurring, the events, the culture, of the time period it was written in.
masculine rhym
alwasy end wrhyme, one syllabel, stressed
feminine rhyme
2 syllables or more that rhyme, final syllable unstressed.
Objective correlative
shwoing not telling, using a situation, events, words that correspond to an emotion . Coined by T.S. Eliot who was famous for it.
