Vocab Test vibes week 2 Flashcards
A reference contained in a work
Allusion
Direct address in poetry
Apostrophe
Two lines of rhyming poetry: often used by Shakespeare to conclude a Scene or an important passage
couplet
A technique in poetry that involves the running on of a line or stanza. It enables the poem to move and develop coherence as well as directing the reader with regard to form meaning
Enjambment
A lengthy, elevated poem that celebrates the exploits of a hero
Epic
The body of devices that enables the writer to operate on levels other than the literal one. it includes metaphor, simile,symbol, motif, hyperbole, and others
Figurative language
A metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line: iamb, trochee, anapest, dactyl and spondee
Foot
Iamb:
u / (example: implore)
Trochee:
/ u (example: meter)
Anapest:
U U / (example: underfoot)
Dactyl
/ U U (example: poetry)
Spondee
// (example: childhood)
A type of lyrical poem which extols the virtues of an ideal place or time
Idyll
The total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature
Imagery
A poem that tells a story
Narrative Poem
An eight-line stanza, usually combined with a sestet in a Petrarchan
Octave
A formal, lengthy poem that celebrates a particular subject
Ode
The assigning of human qualities to inanimate objects or concepts.
Personification
A four line stanza
quatrain
The final part of a literary work
Resolution
A 14 line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter
Sonet
A unit of a poem, similar in rhyme, meter and length to other units in the poem
Stanzas
A three line stanza
Tercet
The underlying ideas that the author illustrates through motif, characterization, language, plot, etc.
Theme
The author’s attitude towards his subject
Tone
