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| an apparent self contradiction that reveals a kind of truth. "Holy Sonnet 14". Freedom=prison. |
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| An extended fanciful metaphor that makes a surprising or unexpected comparison. John Donne Andrew Marvell |
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| Song, Holy Sonnet 10, Holy Sonnet 14, Meditation 17, |
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| The central or main idea of a literary work is its theme. The theme is sometimes stated directly. May works have more than one. |
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| Usually pictures accompanied by mottoes or labels and poems connecting or explaining the pictures and the mottoes. "Easter Wings" |
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| Virtue,Easter Wings, Man, |
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| two lines rhyming together. |
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| four lines rhyming in various ways |
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| To His Coy Mistress, The Picture of Little T.C. in a prospect of flowers |
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| is a figure of speech in which an abstract idea or quality, a place or inanimate thing, or a dead or absent person is addressed as if present and bale to hear and understand what is said. Ben Jonson |
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| On My First Son, Song: To Celia, Still to be Neat |
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| stands for something other than itself while at the same time making us aware of itself. eg. american flag, Robert Herrick |
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| An Ode for Him [Ben Jonson], To the Virgins to Make Much of Time, |
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| refers to the attitude expressed by an author toward his or her subject or audience. Conveyed through language, characterization, setting, point of view, and details of appearance, voice, location and the like. SJS, RL |
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| The Constant Lover, Song, |
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| To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars, To Althea from Prison, |
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| one of the major forms of English poetry, invented by the Italians in the 13th century. It's a fourtenn line lyric poem, usually divided into two segments. John Milton |
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| When I Consider How My Light is Spent, On His having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three, PARADISE LOST |
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| long narrative poem written in an elevated style. Tells the story of a major cultural hero and reflects the values of the society in which it was produced. John Milton |
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| when the plot, characters, and setting of a story clearly represent abstract ideas. John Bunyan |
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| The Pilgrim's Progress, Vanity Fair, |
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| a prose composition that expresses the writer's viewpoint on a limited topic. , John Dryden |
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| An essay of Dramatic Poesy, A Song for St. Cecilia's Day |
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| a lyric poem, usually rhymed that addresses and praises a person, an object or a quality. (Song for St. Cecilia's Day) |
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| a personal day-by-day record of events, experiences and observations. Insights into important historical events or periods. Samuel Pepys |
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| a participant or observer viewpoint, which iimposes severe limitations. They must be always present. Journal of the Plague Year |
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| A Journal of the Plague Year, Robinson Crusoe |
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| writing that uses wit and humor to ridicule vices follies, stupidites and absues. Irony is often an element in satire, as sarcasm. Gulliver's Travels. |
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| can be a short poem with a witty or satirical point or it can be a brief clever statement that often pairs opposite thoughts. "Thoughts on Various Subjects" |
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| Thoughts on Various Subject |
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| presents the observations and opinions of its author, but it does so in a relaxed and conversational manner "Country Manners, Thoughts in Westminster Abbey" |
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| Country Manners, Thoughts in Westminster Abbey |
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| is a long, humorous narrative poem that treats a trivial subject in the grand elevated style of a true epic such as "Odssey or Paradise Lost, or The Rape of the Lock" |
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| The Rape of Locke, An Essay On A Man |
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| a rhyming pair of lines in iambicpentameter. Requires clear thought and precise wording admired by classicaly Inspired writers. "An Essay On Man" -Alex Pope |
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| word choice, and hte distinctive way in which words are combined is called style |
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| Letter to Lord Chesterfield, The Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language, A Dictionary of the English Language, |
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| an account of ap erson's life, usually written though so metimes communicated orally by anoter person. It represents the subject's life accurately and thoroughly. "The Life of Samuel Johnson".. BiOswell |
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| The Life of Samuel Johnson |
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| a lyric poem or musical composition that laments a death. Usually mourns the death of an individual it may also address the loss. THOMAS GRAY |
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| Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, |
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| the pattern or formal design of a poem |
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| The language, and particularly the speech habits of a particular social class, region or group. Burns |
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| To A Mouse, To A Louse, Afton Water, John Anderson, My Jo |
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| The use of a person, an object a place or an idea to represent itself and something beyond itself at the Same Time, William Black, The lamb tiger, human abstract, infant sorrow, a poison tree. |
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| The Lamb, The Tiger, The Human Abstract, Infant Sorrow, A Poison Tree. SYMBOLISM |
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