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28 Cards in this Set
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Rancor |
bitterness or resentment |
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exile |
expell from native country |
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Imagery |
Visual sensory words |
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elegy |
medatiative poem that reflects upon death |
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lyric poem |
short and expresses personal thoughts and feelings |
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epic |
poem on a serious subject or formal style that follows the path of a warrior |
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soliloquy |
charecter speaks thought aloud |
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fatalistic |
everything determined by fate |
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wyrd |
fate |
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mead hall |
central of social life,,,drinking hall |
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scops |
professional poet/singer that travels |
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diction |
a writer or speakers choice of words |
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tone |
writtered attitude |
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ballad |
narritive poem intended to be sung |
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frame story |
story within a story |
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chivalry |
code of honor of a knight |
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courtly love |
courting a woman or a proper conduct of a love affair |
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winsomeness* |
charm or delightfullness |
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redress |
setting something right or compensation |
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blithe* |
chearful |
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caesuras |
break in the middle of the line |
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alliteration |
repetition of consinants |
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kenning |
metaphorical compound word |
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admonish |
caution or advise |
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fervent |
hot and glowing |
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sentinel |
someone that guards |
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assonance |
repretition of vowels |
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rapture* |
joy or great pleasure |
