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Glossary of poetic terms
Created by koolkity22
- blank verse
- unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
- connotation
- emotional response evoked by a word
- dramatic poem
- a poem that tells a story
- imagery
- descriptive phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader
- modernism
- literary movement that spanned bthe time between the 2 world wars. characterized by high experimentation and spare, elliptical prose. characters are often alienated people searching for something in their lives. reader has to infer characters\' inner thoughts from their words and actions and from symbolism
- mood
- overall feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates
- repetition
- repeated use of a word or phrase for emphasis or rhythmic effect
- rhythm
- the pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line
- speaker
- narrator in the work, or a major character speaking
