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| General terms that don't pidgeon-hole (ie, "a body of unsalted water" vs "Lake Proper Pronoun") |
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| emphasis or stress on a specific syllable |
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| Repitition of 2+ consonant sounds |
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| to ALLUDE, or reference something else |
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| examination of a piece with the intent of finding its meaning |
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| repition of two or more VOWEL sounds |
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| using the background information of Author's life to analyze a piece |
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| Most common meter of unrhymed poetry. Five iambic feet per line and NO RHYME. |
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| A discordant sound that mimics the feel of the poem |
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| poetry written in pre-existing parameters, (rhyme scheme, number of stanzas, number of syllables/per line, etc.) |
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| Casual/informal language of ordinary, native speakers |
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| Specific word choice ("Lake Proper Pronoun" vs "Fresh body of water") |
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| unfiltered exposure to the poet's life. The genre is mainly autobiographical. |
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| Association/additional meaning to a word, image, or phrase. Apart from the literal denotation. |
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Rhyme- Consonant sounds are the same, vowels are different. (reason/raisin, mink/monk.)
Sometimes only the final consonant.
(Fame/Room, Crack/Truck) |
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| Two-line Stanza. Usually rhymed. Usually lines of equal length. |
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| Literal, Dictionary definition of a word |
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| Rhyme that happens at the end of lines |
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| Line ended in a full pause (usually punctuated) |
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| Harmony between pleasant-sounding syllables and the meaning of the poem |
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| Unit of measurement in metrical poetry. |
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| The means in which a piece conveys its meaning. |
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| Poetry without line/meter/rhyme organization |
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| Examination on how Sexual Identity affects works |
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Verse form that has 3 unrhymed lines. Can be 5/7/5 syllables.
Traditionally spiritual/serious in tone. Relies on imagery. Dates itself (usually with use of season imagery) |
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| Verse meter with 6 Metrical Feet, or primary stresses. |
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| Analyzing work within context of society, culture, intelligence, etc. to better recreate the exact meaning of a poem. |
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| A metrical foot in which an unnacented syllable is followed by an accented one (Ca-ress, a cat, etc) |
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| Most common English meter. Five Iambic feet per line. |
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| word/series of words referring to any sensory experience. |
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| Collective set of images in a poem |
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| As opposed to End-line Rhyme, the rhyming happens within the lines. |
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| Discrepancy of meaning is masked beneath the surface of the language. |
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The levels of formatlity of language.
Four main levels:
Vulgate, Colloquial English, General English, General English |
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Literary criticism that tries to formulate general principles rather than discussing specific text. Operates on a high level of abstraction.
Focus on understanding basic issues of language, communication, art, interpretation, culture, and ideological content. |
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| Short poem expressing the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker. Often in 1st person. |
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| Saying that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not. |
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Traditional narrative of anonymous authorship that comes from cultures' oral traditions.
characters and themes often involve gods and other spiritual entities. Often explain the origin of things.
Different from legends in that legends usually reference a specific historical base. |
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| Analyzing a piece by looking for a universally recurring pattern. |
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| A poem that tells a story. |
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| Words that technically rhyme but don't share basic word structure. (Intellctual/Spectacle, Loser/Fuser) |
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| Words whose final consonant sounds are the same but not the vowel. (bone/bean, Letter/Litter) |
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| Literary device that represents a thing or action by imitating the sounds that it make it makes or is associated with (crash, bang, slam) |
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Free Verse
Verse with no formal set scheme |
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| Restatement in one's own words of what he understands a literally work to say. Not as brief as a summary. |
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| Verse pattern consisting of five metrical feet, or five primary stresses. |
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| Fictional character created to be the speaker in a literary work. |
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| Endowing a non-human thing with human characteristics. |
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| Poetic language printed in prose paragraphs that displays the careful attention to the characteristics of poetry. |
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Investigating a literally work in 3 major areas:
- The nature of Literary Genius
- The Psychological study of a particular artist
- The analysis of fictional characters
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| A stanza that consists of 4 lines. Most common english poem structure |
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| pattern of stresses and pauses in a poem |
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| Recurrent, regular, rhythmic pattern in verse. |
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| Two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound, usually accented, with identical consonant sounds, if any follow. |
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| Any recurrent pattern of Rhyme in an individual poem or fixed form |
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| Describes a piece of work that attempts to convey emotion and results unconvincing and too full of emotion |
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Complex verse form. "song of sixes.
Six end words are repeated in a prescribed order through six six-line long stanzas.
The Sestina ends with an Envoy (short, summarizing end-stanza) of three lines in with all six words reappear.
Total of 39 lines. |
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| Comparison of two things, indicated by some connective word. |
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"Little Song"
- 14 lines
- traditionally in iambic pentameter
Forms:
- Octave (first 8 lines), Sestet (next 6 lines)
- English/Shakespearean: Three quatrains and a concluding couplet.
- Usually shift in tone or focus after the first 8 lines
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"stopping-place" "room"
Recurring pattern of two or more lines of verse. A poem's paragraph. |
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| An accent or emphasis on a syllable |
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| A brief condensation of the main idea or story of a literary work. |
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| generally recurring subject or idea conspicuously evident in a literary work. |
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| The attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literary work. |
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"to turn"
- Referse to any line in poetry
- Refers to any composition in lines of more or less regular rhythm--in contrast to prose
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| Six rhymed stanzas in which two lines are repeated in a prescribed pattern |
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| A word or sequence of words that refers to the sense of sight or presents something one may see. |
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