Poetry Terms
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- refrain
- a verse recurring at intervals in a poem
- foreshadowing
- the use of hints or clues to suggest events taht are going to happen later in the story.
- Allegory
- Narration usually restricted to a single meaning
- diction
- writer's choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, figurative language which combine help create meaning
- romance
- a medieval narrative
- apostrophe
- an address to someone who cannot hear the speaker or to something nonhuman
- tragedy
- hero who dies.
- atmosphere
- refers to the mood or feeling in which a piece of writing is pitched
- masque
- a form of royal entertainment in the 16 and 17 century in England
- Patrarchan Sonnet
- divided into an octave, abbaabba
- Epic
- a long narrative poem that focuses on a hero
- aphorism
- a short, pithy statement of a truth or doctrine, a maxim, home is where the heart is
- classicism
- styles characteristic of the literature of Ancient Greece and Rome
- plot
- an author's selection and arrangement of incidents in a story to shape the action and give the story a particular focus
- song
- a short metrical composition intended for singing
- Spenserian Stanza
- 8 iambic pentameter lines and an alexandrine ababbcbcc
- conceit
- an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs an entire poem or poetic passage
- sextet
- 6 line stanza
- repetition
- reiteration
- Shakespearean Sonnet
- 3 Quatrains and a couplet, abab cdcd efef gg
- metaphysical poetry
- Intricate type of 17th century English poetry employing wit and unexpected images
- Spenserian Sonnet
- same as Shakespearean
- sonnet
- a fixed form of lyric poetry that consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter
- irony
- a device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different from what appears to be true
- Sonnet Sequence
- A group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject
- alexandrine
- a line of poetry containing 12 syllables
- quatrain
- 4 line stanza
- volta
- the shift or point of dramatic change in a poem
- Couplet
- 2 lines that rhyme
- Essay
- a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject
- anti Petrarchan Sonnet
- Sonnets either mock or reject the conventions of these sonnets.
- unrhymed iambic pentameter
- blank verse
- tragic flaw
- an error or defect in the tragic hero that leads to his downfall, such as greed, pride, or ambition
- parallelism
- a balance of elements of equal importance
- iambic pentameter
- a metrical pattern in poetry which consists of five iambic feet per line
- comic relief
- a humorous scene to relieve tension in a serious play
- mystery play
- an allegorical form of 14-16 century dramas
- Interlude
- entertainment between the acts of a play
- Pastoral
- pertaining to the rural life
- octave
- 8 line stanza
- personification
- human characteristics are given to a inanimate object
- elegy
- a lyric poem written to commemorate someone who is dead